New-onset inflammatory arthritis after COVID-19 vaccination: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To analyze the clinical patterns of new-onset inflammatory arthritis after COVID-19 vaccination among patients without pre-existing rheumatic or autoimmune diseases.

Method

Case reports and series of new-onset inflammatory arthritis after COVID-19 vaccination were collected before April 2022. Clinical characteristics including diagnosis, age, gender, vaccine types, time interval between events, joint involvement (poly- or oligo-/monoarthritis), and laboratory data reflecting inflammatory status were sorted and P values between these parameters are calculated with independent sample Student's t test or 2 × 2 Fisher's exact test.

Results

Among 39 cases with new-onset post-vaccination arthritis including 25 females and 13 males (1 unknown), the most common diagnosis

SUBMITTER: Chen CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877737 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature