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Live vaccines should be avoided during bleomycin sulfate treatment because chemotherapy weakens immunity, allowing serious or life-threatening infections; an inactivated vaccine should be used where available, and yellow fever vaccine must not be used with immunosuppressive chemotherapy.
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- Bleomycin 15000 IU Powder for solution for injection/infusionNeon Healthcare Ltd · emc · SmPC §4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products · Version 4Document updated
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