Open AccessPossible HSP reactivation post‐COVID‐19 vaccination and booster
Author(s) -
Kondo Makoto,
Yamanaka Keiichi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5032
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , covid-19 , booster (rocketry) , immunology , vasculitis , virology , purpura (gastropod) , pathology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , astronomy , ecology , physics
A 45‐year‐old woman with a history of Henoch‐Schönlein (HSP) purpura received COVID‐19 vaccination. The patient showed HSP reactivation after COVID‐19 vaccination and booster. In HSP, autoimmune memory of vasculitis persists and might be reactivated with COVID‐19 vaccination.