(1) Background: High immunosuppressive regimen in lung transplant recipients (LTRs) hampers the immune response to vaccination. We prospectively investigated the immunogenicity of heterologous ChAdOx1 nCoV-19-BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in an LTR cohort. (2) Methods: Forty-nine COVID-19 naïve LTRs received a two-dose regimen ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine. A subset of 32 patients received a booster dose of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine 18 weeks after the second dose. (3) Results: Two-doses of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 induced poor immunogenicity with 7.2% seropositivity at day 180 and low neutralizing capacities. The BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine induced significant increases in IgG titers with means of 197.8 binding antibody units per milliliter (BAU/mL) (95% CI 0-491.4) and neutralizing antibodies, with means of 76.6 AU/mL (95% CI 0-159.6). At day 238, 32.2% of LTRs seroconverted after the booster dose. Seroneutralization capacities against Delta and Omicron variants were found in only 13 and 9 LTRs, respectively. Mycophenolate mofetil and high-dose corticosteroids were associated with a weak serological response. (4) Conclusions: The immunogenicity of a two-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine regimen was very poor in LTRs, but was significantly enhanced after the booster dose in one-third of LTRs. In immunocompromised individuals, the administration of a fourth dose may be considered to increase the immune response against SARS-CoV-2.
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Vaccines (Basel)
December 2024
Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (HUCAM-UFES/EBSERH), Vitória 29041-295, ES, Brazil.
Background/objectives: The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) depends on the underlying disease, immunosuppression degree and the vaccine regimens. We evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of different COVID-19 vaccine schedules.
Methods: The SAFER study: "Safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 Vaccine in Rheumatic Disease", is a Brazilian multicentric prospective observational phase IV study in the real-life.
Neurol India
November 2024
Consultant Radiologist, Getwell Polyclinic and Research Center, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Various neurological complications have been linked with vaccines ranging from encephalitis, stroke, ADEM to GBS and many more. Although both viral as well as bacterial vaccines have been reported to cause neurological adverse events, brachial plexitis following vaccination is very uncommon. Vaccination drive against COVID-19 was started on 16th Jan 2021 in India.
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December 2024
Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Institute of Global Health, University of Siena, Siena, Brazil. Electronic address:
Objectives: To identify demographic, clinical and immunological factors associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes.
Methods: A large randomised controlled trial of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 was undertaken in Brazil. Participants were randomised 1:1 either to receive ChAdOx1 nCov-19 or to a control group.
PeerJ
December 2024
Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Seoul, Republic of South Korea.
Background & Aims: The global pandemic caused by the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus led to the emergency approval of COVID-19 vaccines to reduce rising morbidity and mortality. However, limited research exists on evaluating the impact of these vaccines on immunocompromised individuals, such as recipients of living donor liver transplantation, highlighting the need for further studies to better understand their effectiveness in this specific population.
Methods: From June 2021, we followed up on the effectiveness of the vaccine for patients taking immunosuppressive drugs after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT).
J Craniofac Surg
November 2024
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital.
Background: Marin-Amat syndrome is a rare, irreversible, and hard-to-treat neurological sequalae that has recently been associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Given the rarity of this condition and the absence of curative treatment to date, the authors herein review the literature to date and report the first ever successful surgical treatment of 2 patients who developed Marin-Amat syndrome after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination.
Materials And Methods: In this case study, the authors treated Marin-Amat syndrome in a 45-year-old woman and a 75-year-old woman with facial palsy that developed 24 days and 4 months after receiving COVID-19 vaccination, respectively.
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