Table 1

AIIRD, immunomodulating agents and vaccines considered in the literature search and recommendations

AIIRDImmunomodulating agentsVaccines
Rheumatoid arthritisCorticosteroidsBCG
Serum lupus erythematosusMethotrexateCholera
Antiphospholipid syndromeSulfasalazineDiphtheria
Adult Still diseaseLeflunomideHepatitis A
Systemic sclerosisHydroxychloroquineHepatitis B
Sjögren syndromeAzathioprineHaemophilus influenzae b
Mixed connective tissue diseaseMycophenolic acid preparationsHuman papillomavirus
Relapsing polychondritisCiclosporineInfluenza
Giant cell arteritisTacrolimusJapanese encephalitis
Polymyalgia rheumaticaCyclophosphamideMeasles*
Takayasu arteritisBiologicals:Mumps*
Polyarteritis nodosaTNFα blocking agentsNeisseria meningitidis (A/C/Y/W135, C conjugated)
ANCA-associated vasculitis InfliximabPertussis
 Microscopic polyangiitis EtanerceptPoliomyelitis (parenteral and oral*)
 Wegener granulomatosis AdalimumabRabies
 Churg-Strauss syndromeRituximabRubella*
Behçet diseaseTocilizumabStreptococcus pneumoniae (polysaccharide and conjugated)
Goodpasture diseaseAbataceptTetanus toxoid
Cryoglobulinaemic syndromeAnakinraTick-borne encephalitis
PolymyositisTyphoid fever (parenteral and oral*)
DermatomyositisVaricella zoster*
Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositisYellow fever*
Sporadic inclusion body myositis
Antisynthetase syndrome
Eosinophilic myositis
Eosinophilic fasciitis
Spondylathropathies
Periodic fever syndromes

  • ↵* Live attenuated vaccines.

  • AIIRD, autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases; BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin.