COVID-19 in patients with glomerular disease.
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Turner-Stokes, Tabitha
Edwards, Helena
Lightstone, Liz
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Managing patients with glomerular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging, as the infection risk associated with immunosuppression must be balanced against the need to control severe glomerular disease that can lead to kidney failure. This review provides an overview of COVID-19 and the effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with glomerular disease. RECENT FINDINGS: Registry data, although biased towards outcomes of hospitalized patients, suggest that the mortality from COVID-19 is higher in patients with glomerular disease than in the general population. Glucocorticoid use prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with adverse outcomes from COVID-19. Rituximab significantly attenuates serological responses to both natural infection and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, although it is not clear whether this leads to adverse outcomes. Case reports of disease flares occurring after vaccination have been reported, but causality in any of these cases has yet to be proven and the absolute risk remains very small. SUMMARY: Patients with glomerular disease represent an at-risk group for severe COVID-19 disease and vaccination is key to reducing this risk. As immunosuppressed patients demonstrate an attenuated response to vaccination, the efficacy of a third primary dose followed by a subsequent booster is being investigated.
Date Issued
2022-03-01
Date Acceptance
2022-03-01
Citation
Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 2022, 31 (2), pp.191-198
ISSN
1062-4821
Publisher
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Start Page
191
End Page
198
Journal / Book Title
Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension
Volume
31
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34923542
PII: 00041552-900000000-98943
Subjects
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2022-03-01