Vaccine
Meningococcal group B vaccine
Brand names: Bexsero, Trumenba
Adult dose
Dose: Per UK Green Book — routine infant programme at 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 1 year
Route: IM
Frequency: per schedule
Clinical pearls
- UK childhood programme since 2015
- Prophylactic paracetamol with each Bexsero dose in infants
Contraindications
- Severe hypersensitivity to previous dose
Side effects
- Fever (often >38°C — give prophylactic paracetamol after each dose)
- Local reaction
- Irritability
Interactions
- Other vaccines may be co-administered
Reference: BNF; UK Green Book; https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/meningococcal-group-b-vaccine-rdna-component-adsorbed/. Verify against your local formulary and the latest BNF before prescribing.
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Calculators
- Centor/McIsaac Score (Pharyngitis) · Throat Infections
- CARG — Cancer and Aging Research Group Chemotherapy Toxicity Score · Oncogeriatrics
- Robson 10-Group Caesarean Section Classification · Audit / Caesarean
- Jones Criteria for Acute Rheumatic Fever Diagnosis · Autoimmune / Infectious
- Gleason Score / Grade Group for Prostate Cancer · Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification (NICE / EAU) · Prostate Cancer
Drugs