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Department of Internal Medicine, Sütçü ?mam University of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Short Communication
Familial Mediterranean fever Attack during COVID-19 Infection and After COVID-19 Vaccination
Author(s): Bekir Torun*, Fatih Albayrak, Burak Okyar, Metin Kılınç, Fatih Yıldız and Yıldırım Çetin
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the novel coronavirus pneumonia, was caused by Severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 causes of severe pneumonia in human. The general symptoms
observed in the infected individuals are fever, cough, dyspnea and lesion in the lungs. In the advanced stage, the
symptoms of this virus show pneumonia which progresses to severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress
syndrome. Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and COVID-19 show a remarkable overlap of clinical symptoms and
similar laboratory findings. Both are characterized by fever, abdominal/chest pain, elevation of C-reactive protein,
and leukocytosis. Our case presents acute attacks of FMF during COVID-19 infection and after COVID-19
vaccination. This case is important because it is the first case of FMF attack after vaccination... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-8731.21.9.240