LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Increased COVID-19 breakthrough infection risk in patients with plasma cell disorders

Photo by lamoune from unsplash

Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are at increased risk of infection and severe outcomes from COVID-19 infection, 1,2 partly owing to inadequate protection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus… Click to show full abstract

Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are at increased risk of infection and severe outcomes from COVID-19 infection, 1,2 partly owing to inadequate protection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination. 2-7 Their sus-ceptibility stems from both immune-suppressive treatments used for MM and underlying immune-de fi ciency from the disease itself. 4,6,8 However, it is unknown how much risk is shared by patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined signi fi cance (MGUS), 9,10 a precursor state to MM that does not require immune-suppressive treatment but may be associated with immune-de fi ciency. Here, we measured the risk of breakthrough infections among vaccinated patients with MM or MGUS relative to the patients without MM or MGUS in the national

Keywords: increased covid; infection; risk; breakthrough infection; covid breakthrough; infection risk

Journal Title: Blood
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.