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. 2022 Mar 6;41(5):1591–1596. doi: 10.1007/s10067-022-06124-z

Table 1.

Characteristics of post-vaccine AOSD flare case reports (TCZ, tocilizumab)

Current case Jeon et al. [25] Yamamoto et al. [26] Muench et al. [27]
Age (years) 18 34 37 23
Gender Male Female Female Female
Duration of Still’s disease (in years) 3 22 13 Around 1 year
Disease status during vaccination Remission for 2 years Flare free for 14 years Remission for 2 years Flare free for 3 months
Medications during vaccination Methotrexate 15 mg/week Etanercept 50 mg/week, low-dose prednisolone Drug free Anakinra 2 × 100 mg/day, prednisolone 5 mg/day
Type of vaccine ChAdOx1 ChAdOx1 BNT162b2 BNT162b2
Vaccine dose Flares after both doses 1st dose 2nd dose 1st dose
Time between vaccination and symptom onset

7 days [after 1st dose)

9 days [after 2nd dose)

9 days Few days 6 days
Type of flare Systemic and articular Systemic and articular Systemic and articular Systemic flare, macrophage activation syndrome
Imaging Bilateral pleural effusion Bilateral pleural effusion, pericaridal effusion - Pericardial effusion
Treatment received

1st flare-prednisolone 40 mg/day

2nd flare-pulse methylprednisolone (500 mg/day for 3 days), TCZ 8 mg/kg

Pulse methylprednisolone [125 mg/day for 3 days, etanercept 50 mg sc, methotrexate 10 mg/week followed by TCZ 8 mg/kg every 2 weeks Prednisolone 15 mg/day, TCZ 162 mg every 2 weeks for 3 doses Methylprednisolone 250 mg/day, intravenous immunoglobulin, Anakinra 3 × 100 mg/day, oral cyclosporine 200 mg/day