Open Forum Infect Dis . Absence of Antibody Reponses and Severe COVID-19 in Patients on Hemodialysis Following mRNA Vaccination

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Open Forum Infect Dis


. 2021 Jun 27;8(8)fab337.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab337. eCollection 2021 Aug.
Absence of Antibody Reponses and Severe COVID-19 in Patients on Hemodialysis Following mRNA Vaccination


Miriam B Michael[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Siham M Mahgoub[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Reiad Khan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Thomas A Mellman[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Constance C Mere[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alem Mehari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tammey J Naab[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Uzoamake Nwagowugwu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Susan Ihaegwara[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Celia J Maxwell[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



Affiliations

• PMID: 34377727
• PMCID: PMC8339278
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab337

Abstract

Inpatient dialysis patients cannot isolate, resulting in a higher rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, with increased severity and higher mortality rate [1]. We present 2 African American dialysis patients who developed severe COVID-19 infections after vaccination. Both patients had not mounted antibody response to the COVID-19 vaccine or to hepatitis B vaccination.

Keywords: COVID-19; ESRD; hepatitis B; infection after COVID vaccination; nonrespondents; vaccination.