Mayumi Matsuda, Yu Funakubo Asanuma, Kyohei Emoto, Sakon Sakai, Nobuhito Okumura, Hiroaki Yazawa, Takashi Maruyama, Takuma Tsuzuki Wada, Kazuhiro Yokota, Yasuto Araki, Yuji Akiyama, Toshihide Mimura
Vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been distributed in most countries for the prevention of onset and aggravation of COVID-19. Recently, there have been increasing numbers of reports on new-onset autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases following COVID-19 vaccination, however, only little information is available on the long-term safety of these vaccines. Here, we experienced three cases of new-onset rheumatic diseases following COVID-19 vaccination, one case each of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
April 16, 2024: Immunological Medicine