Contents Vol. 54, 2023

Abstract

This study examined patients who were hospitalized in and underwent renal biopsy for new onset urinary abnormalities and/or renal impairment within 3 months of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. We identified 17 patients. Minimal change disease was most common followed by acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and membranous nephropathy All patients underwent treatment with corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressants. Post-COVID vaccination de novo kidney disease in a newly described problem. Fenoglio describe 17 cases with a variety of kidney disease occurring within 3 months of COVID vaccination. A causal relationship cannot be proven, but the nature of the association suggests that such vaccinations might trigger an auto-immune response.