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Aktuelle Impfempfehlungen für Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus.
Vaccinations in patients with diabetes: Current recommendations.
Diabetol. Stoffwechs. 20, 347-359 (2025)
People with diabetes have an increased susceptibility to infections and tend to experience more severe disease courses due to chronic immune dysfunction. The German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) recommends that people with diabetes receive all standard vaccinations and relevant indication-based vaccines in a timely manner. These include immunizations against influenza, pneumococcal disease, COVID-19, RSV, herpes zoster, hepatitis B, and tick-borne encephalitis (FSME). Vaccines can often be coadministered for convenience and improved adherence. Since this year, new vaccines against influenza and RSV are available. Age, immune status, comorbidities, and region-specific risks should guide vaccination decisions. Ensuring adequate vaccination coverage in people with diabetes is a key preventive strategy to reduce infection-related complications, hospitalizations, and mortality.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Training
Keywords
Diabetes; RSV; Influenza; indication vaccination; booster vaccination; respiratory syncytial virus; indication vaccination; booster vaccination; respiratory syncytial virus; Herpes-zoster; Risk; Covid-19; Outcomes; Vaccine; Impact; Copd
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1861-9002
e-ISSN
1861-9010
Journal
Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
Quellenangaben
Volume: 20,
Issue: 05,
Pages: 347-359
Publisher
Thieme
Publishing Place
Oswald-hesse-strasse 50, D-70469 Stuttgart, Germany
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG)