Characteristics of Postvaccination Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalizations Prior to Booster Vaccines

Matthew A Moffa; Nathan R Shively; Thomas L Walsh

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac014

Characteristics of Postvaccination Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalizations Prior to Booster Vaccines

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Feb 4;9(4):ofac014. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac014. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Matthew A Moffa¹, Nathan R Shively¹, Thomas L Walsh¹

Affiliation

¹ Medicine Institute and Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Abstract

This analysis describes clinical characteristics and outcomes of 128 fully vaccinated patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prior to booster vaccines. We found that 27% were asymptomatic, 52% required intensive care, and 15% died from COVID-19. Most (89.2%) fully vaccinated patients hospitalized with symptomatic COVID-19 were ≥65 years old and/or severely immunosuppressed.

Keywords: 19; 2; COVID; CoV; SARS; hospitalization; vaccination.