Allergy & Immunology

Vaccines

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Would you use the pneumococcal conjugate-21 vaccine (Capvaxive) instead of the conjugate-20 (Prevnar-20) for routine vaccinations in immunosuppressed patients?

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What is your approach to checking IgG levels post vaccination to detect common variable immunodeficiency in patients with systemic lupus?

If a deficiency is present, do you consider IVIG to treat non-infectious symptoms such as skin rash, arthritis or hematological abnormalities?

1 Answer available

Should we recommend the COVID-19 booster vaccine to patients who had a DVT or any other complications such as hemolytic anemia or thrombocytopenia from prior vaccine doses?

2 Answers available

Is there a role for antibody testing to confirm vaccine response for patients on rituximab after COVID-19 vaccination?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend COVID vaccination in patients with antiphospholipid antibody positivity or other prothrombotic states not on anti-coagulation?

1 Answer available

How are you timing the third dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in patients on rituximab?

1 Answer available

In which patients with autoimmune or inflammatory conditions are you recommending a 3rd dose of the mRNA COVID vaccine?

2 Answers available

How would you advise patients with known stable autoimmune thrombocytopenia regarding the Ad26.COV2.S (Johnson & Johnson/Janssen) vaccine?

1 Answer available

How do you advise patients who had autoimmune diseases "triggered" by COVID infections on getting COVID vaccination?

E.g., inflammatory polyarthritis or inflammatory myopathy with onset within 2 weeks of documented COVID infection

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Lancet Rheumatol, 2021 Apr 06

Incident systemic rheumatic disease following COVID-19.

N Engl J Med, 2020 Nov 20

Covid-19-Associated Myopathy Caused by Type I Interferonopathy.

Blood,

Adenovirus-induced thrombocytopenia: the role of von Willebrand factor and P-selectin in mediating accelerated platelet clearance.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 May 24

American College of Rheumatology Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: Version 1.

Semin Hematol,

Epidemiology and risk factors for venous thrombosis.

Thromb Res, 2021 Jun 25

Absence of hypercoagulability after nCoV-19 vaccination: An observational pilot study.

Semin Arthritis Rheum, 2007 Feb

Common variable immunodeficiency in systemic lupus erythematosus.

J Clin Rheumatol, 2021 Dec 01

Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Inflammatory Myositis: Experience in a Tertiary Medical Center.

Am J Med, 1984 Mar 30

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclasses and human disease.

Lupus, 2007

Selective IgA deficiency in children and adults with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Autoimmun Rev, 2022 Aug 24

Efficacy and safety of intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with lupus nephritis: A systematic review of the literature.

Lupus, 2014 Jul 30

Serious infections in systemic lupus erythematosus with a focus on pneumococcal infections.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2024 Sep 12

Use of 21-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Among U.S. Adults: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2024.

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