Infect Chemother.
2022 Dec;54(4):787-791. 10.3947/ic.2022.0074.
Vaccination Rates of Hospitalized Patients at High Risk of Severe COVID-19: A Single-Center CrossSectional Study
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- 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2Vaccine Innovation Center-KU Medicine (VIC-K), Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2537715
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2022.0074
Abstract
- We investigated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rate in patients admitted to chronic pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and cancer wards in the third week of April 2022 to determine the immunity level of these vulnerable groups. Compared to the general population, our study subjects had lower vaccination rates, except for higher percentages of boosted individuals in patients with chronic pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease. This tendency was most pronounced in cancer patients, less than half of whom were boosted. Patients with cancer should be encouraged to complete their COVID-19 vaccination.
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