{"id":1358,"date":"2024-12-11T09:31:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:31:26","slug":"dear-dr-k-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1358","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Dear Dr. K;<\/strong>&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>I just turned 65 and I want to get a pneumonia vaccine, but quite honestly, I\u2019m confused by the choices.<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confusion is not unique to you.&nbsp; There has been a longitudinal\/temporal change\/improvement in the vaccine.&nbsp;&nbsp; To cut to the chase the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends you (as previously unvaccinated) receive PCV21 followed a year later by PPSV23.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By way of explanation, PPSV stands for pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.&nbsp; It is the original vaccine and is similar in formulation to the tetanus vaccine.&nbsp; PCV stands for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.&nbsp; In this format the polysaccharide antigens are conjugated to a diphtheria protein to elicit a more robust immune response.&nbsp; With the learning curve of time, scientists have found using both formats leads to the best and most durable immune response.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earliest conjugate vaccine was PCV13 (protecting against 13 of the most common pneumonia types).&nbsp; Over time PCV15, PCV20 and then PCV21 have come along.&nbsp; PCV21 includes 8 serotypes not included in any of the other vaccines.&nbsp; Hence, the CDC\u2019s current advice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just turned 65 and I want to get a pneumonia vaccine, but quite honestly, I\u2019m confused by the choices.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The confusion is not unique to you.&nbsp; There has been a longitudinal\/temporal change\/improvement in the vaccine.&nbsp;&nbsp; To cut to the chase the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends you (as previously unvaccinated) receive PCV21 followed a year later by PPSV23.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By way of explanation, PPSV stands for pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.&nbsp; It is the original vaccine and is similar in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1358\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[667,490],"class_list":["post-1358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pneumo-vaccine","tag-pneumoniae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1359,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions\/1359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}