ANTIBODIES TO PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES IN CHILDREN WITH HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION GIVEN POLYVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE

Antibody to 7 common pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides was measure d in 11 children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who had been previously vaccinated with 23-valent polysaccharide pneumoco ccal vaccine, 11 unvaccinated children with HIV infection, and 11 heal thy subjects. No differences in capsule-specific IgG levels against se rotypes 4, 6B, 8, 12F, 14, 19A, and 19F were observed among the vaccin ees with HIV infection compared with unvaccinated children with HIV in fection and age-matched control children.