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Barbaud A, Garvey LH, Arcolaci A, Brockow K, Mori F, Mayorga C, Bonadonna P, Atanaskovic-Markovic M, Moral L, Zanoni G, Pagani M, Soria A, Jošt M, Caubet JC, Carmo A, Mona AA, Alvarez-Perea A, Bavbek S, Benedetta B, Bilo MB, Blanca-López N, Bogas HG, Buonomo A, Calogiuri G, Carli G, Cernadas J, Cortellini G, Celik G, Demir S, Doña I, Dursun AB, Eberlein B, Faria E, Fernandes B, Garcez T, Garcia-Nunez I, Gawlik R, Gelincik A, Gomes E, Gooi JHC, Grosber M, Gülen T, Hacard F, Hoarau C, Janson C, Johnston SL, Joerg L, Kepil Özdemir S, Klimek L, Košnik M, Kowalski ML, Kuyucu S, Kvedariene V, Laguna JJ, Lombardo C, Marinho S, Merk H, Meucci E, Morisset M, Munoz-Cano R, Murzilli F, Nakonechna A, Popescu FD, Porebski G, Radice A, Regateiro FS, Röckmann H, Romano A, Sargur R, Sastre J, Scherer Hofmeier K, Sedláčková L, Sobotkova M, Terreehorst I, Treudler R, Walusiak-Skorupa J, Wedi B, Wöhrl S, Zidarn M, Zuberbier T, Agache I, Torres MJ. Allergies and COVID-19 vaccines: An ENDA/EAACI Position paper. Allergy 2022; 77:2292-2312. [PMID: 35112371 DOI: 10.1111/all.15241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Anaphylaxis, which is rare, has been reported after COVID-19 vaccination, but its management is not standardized. METHOD Members of the European Network for Drug Allergy and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology interested in drug allergy participated in an online questionnaire on pre-vaccination screening and management of allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines, and literature was analysed. RESULTS No death due to anaphylaxis to COVID-19 vaccines has been confirmed in scientific literature. Potential allergens, polyethylene glycol (PEG), polysorbate and tromethamine are excipients. The authors propose allergy evaluation of persons with the following histories: 1-anaphylaxis to injectable drug or vaccine containing PEG or derivatives; 2-anaphylaxis to oral/topical PEG containing products; 3-recurrent anaphylaxis of unknown cause; 4-suspected or confirmed allergy to any mRNA vaccine; and 5-confirmed allergy to PEG or derivatives. We recommend a prick-to-prick skin test with the left-over solution in the suspected vaccine vial to avoid waste. Prick test panel should include PEG 4000 or 3500, PEG 2000 and polysorbate 80. The value of in vitro test is arguable. CONCLUSIONS These recommendations will lead to a better knowledge of the management and mechanisms involved in anaphylaxis to COVID-19 vaccines and enable more people with history of allergy to be vaccinated.
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Affiliation(s)
- Annick Barbaud
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP.Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Tenon, Département de dermatologie et allergologie, Paris, France
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- Allergy Clinic, Copenhagen University Hospital at Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Immunology Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's University Hospital
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- Allergy Clinical Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga-Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA, ARADyAL, Málaga, Spain
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- Moral Luis. Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Unit, Alicante University General Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
| | - Giovanna Zanoni
- Giovanna Zanoni, Immunology Unit, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Italy
| | - Mauro Pagani
- Medicine Department, Medicine Ward Mantova Hospital, ASST di Mantova, Italy
| | - Angèle Soria
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM 1135 Cimi-Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Departement de dermatologie et d'allergologie, Paris, France
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia
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- Department of Women-Children-Teenagers, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real and Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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- School of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Division of Allergy, FAAAI, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Disease, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
- Allergy Unit - Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Italy
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- Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA, and Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga-HRUM, Málaga, Spain
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- Allergy Unit - Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS - Largo Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- SOS Allergologia e Immunologia, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de S. João, Porto and Allergy Unit, Hospital Lusíadas, Porto, Portugal
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- Allergy Unit, Departments of Internal Medicine, Azienda Sanitaria della Romagna, Rimini, Hospital, Rimini, Italy
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- Department of Chest Diseases, Division of Immunology and allergy, Ankara University School of Medicine cebeci Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Immunology and Allergic Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Allergy Research Group, Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA, Plaza del Hospital Civil s/n, Málaga, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Barts Health NHS Trust, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- Immunology Department, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Immunology and Allergic Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Allergy Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, Universitair Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Allergology and Clinical Immunology Department, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Service transversal d'allergologie et immunologie clinique, CHR de Tours, Tours, France
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- Division of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pneumology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Chest Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Immunology and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dpt of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Clinic of Chest diseases, Immunology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Allergy Unit, Allergo-Anaesthesia Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Madrid, Spain
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- Allergy Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- SOS Allergologia ed Immunologia clinica, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, University of Liverpool, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Department of Allergology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Nicolae Malaxa Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- SOS Allergologia ed Immunologia clinica, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- ICBR - Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, CIBB, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht-Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Immunology and Allergy Unit, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Allergy Department, Fundación Jiménez Diaz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, CIBERES, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Motol University Hospital and 2nd Faculty of Medicine Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Universitätsmedizin Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Occupational Diseases and Environmental Health, Walusiak-Skorupa Jolanta, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology & Allergy, OE6600, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Floridsdorf Allergy Center (FAZ), Vienna, Austria
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Dermatologie, Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
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- Allergy Unit, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, IBIMA-UMA-ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
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