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Waldman M, Sinaii N, Lerma EV, Kurien AA, Jhaveri KD, Uppal NN, Wanchoo R, Avasare R, Zuckerman JE, Liew A, Gallan AJ, El-Meanawy A, Yagil Y, Lebedev L, Baskaran K, Vilayur E, Cohen A, Weerasinghe N, Petrakis I, Stylianou K, Gakiopoulou H, Hamilton AJ, Edney N, Millner R, Marinaki S, Rein JL, Killen JP, Rodríguez Chagolla JM, Bassil C, Lopez del Valle R, Evans J, Urisman A, Zawaideh M, Baxi PV, Rodby R, Vankalakunti M, Mejia Vilet JM, Ramirez Andrade SE, Homan MP, Vásquez Jiménez E, Perinpanayagam N, Velez JCQ, Mohamed MM, Mohammed KM, Sekar A, Ollila L, Aron AW, Arellano Arteaga KJ, Islam M, Berrio EM, Maoujoud O, Morales RR, Seipp R, Schulze CE, Yenchek RH, Vancea I, Muneeb M, Howard L, Caza TN. COVID-19 Vaccination and New Onset Glomerular Disease: Results from the IRocGN2 International Registry. KIDNEY360 2023; 4:349-362. [PMID: 36996301 PMCID: PMC10103269 DOI: 10.34067/kid.0006832022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Key Points IgAN and MCD are the most common de novo glomerular diseases reported after COVID-19 vaccination, particularly after mRNA vaccination. Membranous nephropathy, pauci-immune GN, and collapsing GN have also been attributed to COVID-19 vaccination, some with dual histologies. Recovery of kidney function and proteinuria remission is more likely in IgAN and MCD by 4–6 months compared with the other glomerular diseases. Background Patients with de novo glomerular disease (GD) with various renal histologies have been reported after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. Causality has not been established, and the long-term outcomes are not known. To better characterize the GDs and clinical courses/outcomes, we created the International Registry of COVID-19 vaccination and Glomerulonephritis to study in aggregate patients with de novo GN suspected after COVID-19 vaccine exposure. Methods A REDCap survey was used for anonymized data collection. Detailed information on vaccination type and timing and GD histology were recorded in the registry. We collected serial information on laboratory values (before and after vaccination and during follow-up), treatments, and kidney-related outcomes. Results Ninety-eight patients with GD were entered into the registry over 11 months from 44 centers throughout the world. Median follow-up was 89 days after diagnosis. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and minimal change disease (MCD) were the most common kidney diseases reported. Recovery of kidney function and remission of proteinuria were more likely in IgAN and MCD at 4–6 months than with pauci-immune GN/vasculitis and membranous nephropathy. Conclusions The development of GD after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 may be a very rare adverse event. Temporal association is present for IgAN and MCD, but causality is not firmly established. Kidney outcomes for IgAN and MCD are favorable. No changes in vaccination risk-benefit assessment are recommended based on these findings.
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- Meryl Waldman
- Kidney Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
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- University of Illinois at Chicago/Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois
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- Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension, Glomerular Center at Northwell Health, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York
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- Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension, Glomerular Center at Northwell Health, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York
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- Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension, Glomerular Center at Northwell Health, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- The Kidney and Transplant Practice, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore
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- Division of Nephrology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Barzilai University Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Barzilai University Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel
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- Department of Nephrology, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan,New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Exeter Kidney Unit, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
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- Exeter Kidney Unit, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Clinic of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, NKUA, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Nephrology, Northern Beaches Hospital, Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- Renal Service, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Nephrology, David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Nephrology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencas Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Nephrology and Mineral Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Nephrology, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York
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- Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Internal Medicine Department, Nuevo Hospital Civil De Guadalajara Dr. Juan I Menchaca, Guadalajara, Mexico; Department of Clinical Medicine, University Center for Health Science, University of Guadalajara
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- Division of Nephrology, Zonguldak Ataturk State Hospital, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Department of Nephrology, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Southern Colorado Nephrology Associates, Pueblo, Colorado
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- Kidney Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Rieckmann S, Seibert FS, Hogeweg M, Bertram S, Doevelaar AAN, Amann K, Babel N, Westhoff TH. Acute interstitial nephritis after vaccination with BNT162b2. J Nephrol 2022; 35:779-782. [PMID: 35254639 PMCID: PMC8899450 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-022-01275-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Sonja Rieckmann
- Medical Department I, University Hospital Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, 44625, Herne, Germany
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, 44625, Herne, Germany
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, 44625, Herne, Germany
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, 44625, Herne, Germany
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, 44625, Herne, Germany
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- Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, 44625, Herne, Germany
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, 44625, Herne, Germany.
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Wu HHL, Kalra PA, Chinnadurai R. New-Onset and Relapsed Kidney Histopathology Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:1252. [PMID: 34835183 PMCID: PMC8622870 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9111252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The introduction of COVID-19 vaccination programs has become an integral part of the major strategy to reduce COVID-19 numbers worldwide. New-onset and relapsed kidney histopathology have been reported following COVID-19 vaccination, sparking debate on whether there are causal associations. How these vaccines achieve an immune response to COVID-19 and the mechanism that this triggers kidney pathology remains unestablished. We describe the results of a systematic review for new-onset and relapsed kidney histopathology following COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS A systematic literature search of published data up until 31 August 2021 was completed through the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses (PRISMA) guideline. Research articles reporting new onset or relapsed kidney histopathology in adult patients (>18 years) following COVID-19 vaccination were included for qualitative review. Only full-text articles published in the English language were selected for review. RESULTS Forty-eight cases from thirty-six articles were included in the qualitative synthesis of this systematic review. Minimal change disease (19 cases) was the most frequent pathology observed, followed by IgA nephropathy (14 cases) and vasculitis (10 cases). Other cases include relapse of membranous nephropathy, acute rejection of kidney transplant, relapse of IgG4 nephritis, new-onset renal thrombotic microangiopathy, and scleroderma renal crisis following COVID-19 vaccination. There was no mortality reported in any of the included cases. Patients in all but one case largely recovered and did not require long-term renal replacement therapy. CONCLUSION This systematic review provides insight into the relationship between various kidney pathologies that may have followed COVID-19 vaccination. Despite these reported cases, the protective benefits offered by COVID-19 vaccination far outweigh its risks. It would be recommended to consider early biopsy to identify histopathology amongst patients presenting with symptoms relating to new-onset kidney disease following vaccination and to monitor symptoms for those with potential relapsed disease.
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- Henry H. L. Wu
- Department of Renal Medicine, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston PR2 9HT, UK
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (P.A.K.); (R.C.)
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (P.A.K.); (R.C.)
- Department of Renal Medicine, Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance Foundation Trust, Salford M6 8HD, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (P.A.K.); (R.C.)
- Department of Renal Medicine, Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance Foundation Trust, Salford M6 8HD, UK
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