COVID-19 Vaccination and Glomerulonephritis.
Kidney Int Rep
; 6(12): 2969-2978, 2021 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1527657
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is more effective than traditional vaccines owing to superior immune activation. Nevertheless, the impact of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine on triggering de novo/relapsing glomerulonephritis (GN) is limited. We report a case series of patients who developed new or relapsing GN postvaccination.METHODS:
We evaluated baseline characteristics, vaccine type, and clinical outcomes of 13 patients from our institution who had a new diagnosis or relapse of their GN post-mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.RESULTS:
Of 13 patients, 8 patients were newly diagnosed with having GN and 5 patients had relapse. Median age was 62 years (range 19-83 years). Autoimmune disease (38%) was the most prevalent underlying disease followed by cancer (23%). Most patients were White males. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) was the most common GN in our series (5 patients, 38%) followed by membranous nephropathy (MN) (3 patients, 23%). There was 1 patient with IgAN who had evidence of IgA deposits before vaccination suggesting the immune activation after vaccination triggered a flare of the disease. Our case series also included the first case report of tip-variant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), NELL-1-associated MN, and atypical anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) nephritis. A total of 77% developed acute kidney injury (AKI) with most being Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes stage 1 (67%). Outcomes are favorable with 80% responding to therapy.CONCLUSION:
New cases and relapse of GN can present shortly after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. New cases of IgAN may result from unmasking of undiagnosed IgAN owing to robust immune activation rather than development of new deposits.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
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Variants
Language:
English
Journal:
Kidney Int Rep
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.ekir.2021.09.008
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