Journal article
Spontaneous reports of vasculitis as an adverse event following immunization: A descriptive analysis across three international databases
P Felicetti, F Trotta, C Bonetto, C Santuccio, Y Brauchli Pernus, D Burgner, R Chandler, G Girolomoni, RDM Hadden, S Kochar, M Kucuku, G Monaco, S Ozen, B Pahud, L Phuong, NS Bachtiar, A Teeba, K Top, F Varricchio, RP Wise Show all
Vaccine | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2016
Abstract
Background Vasculitides have been reported as adverse events following immunization (AEFI) following various vaccines. We describe reports of vasculitis to three international spontaneous reporting systems. Methods All spontaneous reports of vasculitis following immunization between January 2003 and June 2014 were retrieved from Eudravigilance (EV), the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), and VigiBase®. A Standard MedDRA Query (SMQ) for vasculitis was used and vaccine types were categorized using the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system. We performed a descriptive analysis by source, sex, age, country, time to onset, vaccine, and type of vasculitis. Results We re..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) financed the cost of the project "Working group for the Vasculitis case definition" performed by the Brighton Collaboration.