The first known case of vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia in Australia

Med J Aust. 2021 Jul;215(1):19-20.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51135. Epub 2021 Jun 11.

Authors

Jay Hocking¹, Sanjeev D Chunilal², Vivien M Chen³, Tim Brighton⁴, James Nguyen¹, Jocelyn Tan¹, Stephen B Ting⁵, Huyen Tran^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
² Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Concord Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.
⁵ Eastern Health, Melbourne, VIC.
⁶ Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
⁷ Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Infectious diseases; Respiratory tract infections; Thrombosis; Vaccine preventable disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Australia
COVID-19 Vaccines / adverse effects*
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19
Humans
Male
Thrombocytopenia / chemically induced*
Thrombosis / chemically induced*

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19