Enrique Chacon-Cruz: Thrombocytopenia and ITP Risk After Vaccination
Enrique Chacon-Cruz, Member, Health Equity Committee at European Society of Medicine, Chief Editor of Vaccines Beat, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article by Matthew Z. Dudley et al., published in Vaccine, adding:
“Incidence, risk factors, and association with vaccination of thrombocytopenia and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): A scoping review.
Thrombocytopenia is a rare event with multiple potential causes, making careful assessment essential when evaluating vaccine safety signals.
This updated Brighton Collaboration review found background incidence estimates ranging widely from 1.6 to 92.1 cases per 100,000 person-years and identified numerous non-vaccine risk factors.
Evidence consistently supports an increased risk of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) following measles-containing vaccines, while several studies also identified increased risk after adenoviral COVID-19 vaccines.
In contrast, most studies found no association with other vaccines, including mRNA and inactivated COVID-19 vaccines.
These findings reinforce the importance of standardized case definitions and consideration of background risk when assessing adverse events following immunization.”
Title: Incidence, risk factors, and association with vaccination of thrombocytopenia and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): A scoping review
Authors: Matthew Z. Dudley, Hammad Ali, Marta Rojo Villaescusa, Barbara Law
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