Background: A 20-year-old female presented with swelling of hands and feet. 3 days earlier she received mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine. She had swollen lips (Fig. 1A), right ankle, (Fig. 1B), wrists and MCP joints (Fig. 1C). She developed urticarial-rash affecting her legs (Fig. 1D). Methods: Her bloods revealed elevated CRP 138mg/L. Despite prednisolone 40mg daily she developed dyspnoea, pruritus, angioedema requiring IM adrenaline, IV chlorphenamine and hydrocortisone. Blood and urine cultures, Coronavirus PCR, Influenza and RSV were negative. Results: HLA B27, hepatitis B, C, chlamydia, gonorrhoea and HIV were negative. RF and anti-CCP were elevated at 20.2IU/ml [Normal<12] and 96.9u/ml [0-3.1] respectively. ANA was positive with elevated...
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, global approach was to isolate populations with quaran...
Objectives: To investigate the association between vaccination against Covid-19 and autoimmune rheum...
Background: In December 2020, Moderna released the mRNA-1273 vaccine. The most common side effects a...
Background: A 20-year-old female presented with swelling of hands and feet. 3 days earlier she recei...
Background: SARS-CoV-2 vaccination can rarely trigger a heightened inflammatory response, notably va...
Objectives: The safety of COVID-19 vaccination in rheumatic patients treated with biological (b) and...
Background: Cases of immune complex vasculitis have been reported following COVID-19 infections; so ...
Background: The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommends pneumococcal 13-valent (PCV13)...
Presentation of Case: A 57-year-old male with a history of hypertension and rosacea treated with hyd...
Background: Vaccination remains the cornerstone approach to exiting the current global coronavirus d...
Background: Little is known about the safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with rheumatic mu...
An increased risk of developing severe infections has been evidenced in rheumatic disease (RD) patie...
Presentation of Case: An 80-year-old Japanese man with renal insufficiency after Pfizer-BioNTech SAR...
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old Caucasian female with a history of ulcerative colitis (UC) presente...
Background: The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine was granted emergency use authorization (EUA) on December 18, ...
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, global approach was to isolate populations with quaran...
Objectives: To investigate the association between vaccination against Covid-19 and autoimmune rheum...
Background: In December 2020, Moderna released the mRNA-1273 vaccine. The most common side effects a...
Background: A 20-year-old female presented with swelling of hands and feet. 3 days earlier she recei...
Background: SARS-CoV-2 vaccination can rarely trigger a heightened inflammatory response, notably va...
Objectives: The safety of COVID-19 vaccination in rheumatic patients treated with biological (b) and...
Background: Cases of immune complex vasculitis have been reported following COVID-19 infections; so ...
Background: The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommends pneumococcal 13-valent (PCV13)...
Presentation of Case: A 57-year-old male with a history of hypertension and rosacea treated with hyd...
Background: Vaccination remains the cornerstone approach to exiting the current global coronavirus d...
Background: Little is known about the safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with rheumatic mu...
An increased risk of developing severe infections has been evidenced in rheumatic disease (RD) patie...
Presentation of Case: An 80-year-old Japanese man with renal insufficiency after Pfizer-BioNTech SAR...
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old Caucasian female with a history of ulcerative colitis (UC) presente...
Background: The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine was granted emergency use authorization (EUA) on December 18, ...
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, global approach was to isolate populations with quaran...
Objectives: To investigate the association between vaccination against Covid-19 and autoimmune rheum...
Background: In December 2020, Moderna released the mRNA-1273 vaccine. The most common side effects a...