A member asked:

Doctors, can my 4 year old daughter with pulmonary tunercolosis still have pneumonia vaccine ?

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Dr. Marc Serota answered

Specializes in Dermatology

Yes: The pneumonia vaccine is not a live vaccine and should be safe. Pumonary TB is a mycobacterial infection. This is not related to the "pneumonia vaccine" which protects against Strep pneumoniae.

Answered 6/6/2014

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