Clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 vaccine-related pneumonitis: a case series and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Pulmonary toxicities of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination are exceedingly rare. However, there are a few reported cases after mRNA vaccination, especially from Asian countries. The purpose of this study was to report the clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 vaccine-related pneumonitis (CV-P) and to review cases reported in the literature.

Methods

We performed a prospective, observational case series analysis.

Results

Eleven patients with a median age of 80 years were enrolled. Ten patients developed CV-P after BNT162b2-mRNA vaccination and one after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination. We identified various patterns of CV-P, including transient infiltration, life-threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome, and aggravation of un

SUBMITTER: Park JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9449202 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature