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ArticleAsia Pacific allergy2022

Anaphylaxis is rare due to CoronaVac in a population of healthcare workers.

Betül Özdel Öztürk, İrem Akdemir, Alpay Azap, Gülfem Çelik, Sevim Bavbek, Dilşad Mungan

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Article in Asia Pacific allergy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Betül Özdel ÖztürkDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8653-3497
İrem AkdemirDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-9148
Alpay AzapDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5035-055X
Gülfem ÇelikDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8654-513X
Sevim BavbekDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7884-0830
Dilşad MunganDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8806-2764
Ankara University · TRWeatherford College · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: CoronaVac, the first coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine administered in our country, was found safe in clinical trials. Objective: We aimed to reveal the rate and features of CoronaVac vaccine-associated allergic reactions among vaccinated healthcare workers (HCWs) in real-life. Methods: This study was planned as a questionnaire-based study. Participants who reported a postvaccination allergic reaction were interviewed on phone and their medical records were also checked for confirmation. Results: A total of 2,488 HCWs took part in the study and 4,054 postvaccination complete questionnaire-responses were obtained. Twenty-one HCWs (female: male, 17:4) with a mean age of 40.95 ± 10.09 stated that they had an allergic reaction after a total of 23 vaccine injections. Accordingly, the reaction rate was 0.56% among all vaccine doses. The most common reactions were systemic skin reactions (2.7%) consisting of generalized pruritus, diffuse pruritic erythema, urticaria, and maculopapular rash. That was followed by local injection site reaction (0.12%). Anaphylaxis was reported in 4 cases (0.09%) with a mean onset time of 12 ± 6 minutes. One of them had a history of anaphylaxis with 2 drugs, another had venom and food allergy. Three of the subjects had level 2 diagnostic certainty according to the Brighton Collaboration criteria and one had level 3. All anaphylaxis cases were discharged within 24 hours and none of them required intensive care. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that allergic reactions to CoronaVac were rare and mostly mild. Although anaphylaxis was also rare, the importance of early intervention with close follow-up was once again emphasized.

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AnaphylaxisCoronaVacCOVID-19Local injection site reactionSystemic skin reactionsVaccine-associated allergic reactions

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PMID36452009
PMCPMC9669466
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