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Teragaki M, Tanaka M, Yamamoto H, Watanabe T, Takeoka J, Fukumi A, Maeda K, Takami Y, Saita H, Iwanari S, Ikeda M, Takeoka H. Relapse of minimal change disease following the third mRNA COVID-19 vaccination: a case report and literature review. CEN Case Rep 2024; 13:53-58. [PMID: 37244881 PMCID: PMC10224756 DOI: 10.1007/s13730-023-00798-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Mass vaccination is the most important strategy to terminate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Reports suggest the potential risk of the development of new-onset or relapse of minimal change disease (MCD) following COVID-19 vaccination; however, details on vaccine-associated MCD remain unclear. A 43-year-old man with MCD, who had been in remission for 29 years, developed nephrotic syndrome 4 days after receiving the third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. His kidney biopsy revealed relapsing MCD. Intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy followed by oral prednisolone therapy was administered, and his proteinuria resolved within 3 weeks. This report highlights the importance of careful monitoring of proteinuria after COVID-19 vaccination in patients with MCD, even if the disease is stable and no adverse events occurred during previous vaccinations. Our case report and literature review of COVID-19 vaccine-associated MCD indicated that MCD relapse tends to occur later after vaccination and slightly more often following the second and subsequent vaccine doses than new-onset MCD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mariko Teragaki
- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan.
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-Cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-8550, Japan
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Hummel A, Oniszczuk J, Kervella D, Charbit M, Guerrot D, Testa A, Philipponnet C, Chauvet C, Guincestre T, Brochard K, Benezech A, Figueres L, Belenfant X, Guarnieri A, Demoulin N, Benetti E, Miglinas M, Dessaix K, Morelle J, Angeletti A, Sellier-Leclerc AL, Ranchin B, Goussard G, Hudier L, Bacchetta J, Servais A, Audard V. Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome relapse following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: a series of 25 cases. Clin Kidney J 2022; 15:1574-1582. [PMID: 35979142 PMCID: PMC9129143 DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfac134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Several cases of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) relapse following the administration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have recently been reported, raising questions about the potential relationship between the immune response to COVID-19 vaccination and INS pathogenesis. Methods We performed a retrospective multicentre survey describing the clinical and biological characteristics of patients presenting a relapse of INS after COVID-19 vaccination, with an assessment of outcome under treatment. Results We identified 25 patients (16 men and 9 women) presenting a relapse within 1 month of a COVID-19 vaccine injection. The glomerular disease was of childhood onset in half of the patients and most patients (21/25) had received at least one immunosuppressive drug in addition to steroids for frequently relapsing or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (NS). All patients were in a stable condition at the time of injection and 11 had no specific treatment. In five patients, the last relapse was reported >5 years before vaccine injection. The Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine was used in 80% of the patients. In 18 cases, INS relapse occurred after the first injection, a mean of 17.5 days after vaccination. A second injection was nevertheless administered in 14 of these patients. Five relapses occurred after administration of the second dose and two relapses after the administration of the third dose. All but one of the patients received steroids as first-line treatment, with an additional immunosuppressive agent in nine cases. During follow-up, complete remission was achieved in 21 patients, within 1 month in 17 cases. Only one patient had not achieved at least partial remission after 3 months of follow-up. Conclusions This case series suggests that, in rare patients, COVID-19 vaccination may trigger INS relapse that is generally easy to control. These findings should encourage physicians to persuade their patients to complete the COVID-19 vaccination schedule.
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- Aurélie Hummel
- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation, Centre de Référence Maladie Rare « Syndrome Néphrotique Idiopathique » (SNI), Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation, Centre de Référence Maladie Rare SNI, Créteil, France
- Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U955, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale (IMRB), Equipe 21, Créteil, France
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- Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire (CHU) Nantes, Nantes, France
- Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1064, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Service de Néphrologie pédiatrique, Centre de référence MARHEA, centre de référence SNI, Institut Imagine, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Nephrology, Hemodialysis and Transplantation, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
- Normandy University, UNIROUEN, INSERM U1096, Rouen, France
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- E.C.H.O. (Expansion Centre Hémodialyse de l'Ouest) Site Confluent REZE, France
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- Service Nephrologie Dialyse et Transplantation rénale CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service de Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalier Saint Joseph Saint Luc, Lyon, France
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- Service de Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix, Roubaix, France
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- Service de Néphrologie-Rhumatologie-Médecine Interne pédiatrique, Centre de Référence des Maladies rénales Rares du Sud-Ouest (SORARE), Hôpital des enfants, Toulouse, France
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- Service de Néphrologie-Rhumatologie-Médecine Interne pédiatrique, Centre de Référence des Maladies rénales Rares du Sud-Ouest (SORARE), Hôpital des enfants, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire (CHU) Nantes, Nantes, France
- Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1064, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Groupe Hospitalier Grand Paris Nord Est, Hôpital André Grégoire, Service de Néphrologie-Dialyse, Montreuil, France
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- Nephrology Division, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Nephrology Center, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Université de Montpellier, Service de Nephrologie, CHU Montpellier, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
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- Nephrology Division, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, IRCCS Giannini Gaslini Children's Hospital, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, Genova, Italy
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares Néphrogones, Service de Néphrologie Rhumatologie et Dermatologie Pédiatriques, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Bron, France
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares Néphrogones, Service de Néphrologie Rhumatologie et Dermatologie Pédiatriques, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Bron, France
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- Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Service de Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalier Broussais, Saint Malo, France
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares Néphrogones, Service de Néphrologie Rhumatologie et Dermatologie Pédiatriques, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Bron, France
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation, Centre de Référence Maladie Rare « Syndrome Néphrotique Idiopathique » (SNI), Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation, Centre de Référence Maladie Rare SNI, Créteil, France
- Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U955, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale (IMRB), Equipe 21, Créteil, France
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Hanna J, Ingram A, Shao T. Minimal Change Disease After First Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: A Case Report and Review of Minimal Change Disease Related to COVID-19 Vaccine. Can J Kidney Health Dis 2021; 8:20543581211058271. [PMID: 34804557 PMCID: PMC8600548 DOI: 10.1177/20543581211058271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Rationale: While severe complications are generally uncommon with novel coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, there has been a steady increase in the
number of patients presenting with nephrotic syndrome and acute kidney
injury after the administration of COVID-19 vaccine. Physicians should be
made aware of minimal change disease as a potential complication associated
with COVID-19 vaccine. Presenting concerns: A 60-year-old male without significant past medical history presented with
new onset of nephrotic syndrome approximately 10 days after his first dose
of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Laboratory findings showed
hypoalbuminemia (20 g/L), elevated urine albumin/creatinine ratio (668
mg/mmol), and elevated creatinine of 116 µmol/L from a baseline of 79
µmol/L. Diagnosis: A diagnostic kidney biopsy was performed 6 weeks after the onset of the edema
and approximately 8 weeks after his first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19
vaccine. The kidney biopsy findings were consistent with minimal change
disease with focal acute tubular injury. Interventions: The patient was treated conservatively with ramipril 10 mg and furosemide 80
mg daily 5 weeks after the onset of swelling. Prednisone 1 mg/kg was
initiated immediately when the kidney biopsy result became available
(approximately 6 weeks after the onset of edema). Outcomes: The patient remitted with rapid weight loss starting 2 weeks post prednisone
initiation. Novel findings: De novo minimal change disease with acute tubular injury is a kidney
manifestation following the administration of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19
vaccine. Minimal change disease is potentially a rare complication of
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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- Jessica Hanna
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, ON, Canada
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