Letter to the Editor: Bridging the immunization gap in pediatric autoimmune disorders - insights from inflammatory bowel disease and vaccine response patterns

Autoimmune diseases represent serious conditions characterized by immune dysregulation, which compromises the body’s defense mechanisms and affects responses to infections and Vaccines. In addition to this, the treatment of these diseases involves mostly immunosuppressant’s. I read with great interest the study published in the World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics by Makarova et al , examining vaccines and antibody levels in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with a focus on enhanci