Age: 76.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: PNC20
Symptoms: Blood pressure increased, Blood test abnormal, Decreased appetite, Heart rate increased, Infection
Clinical narrative: Fever/fever 99.4; An elevated heart rate/heart rate up in 110s; An elevated blood pressure/blood pressure up; Low oxygen concentrations/oxygen down; Did not feel well; Did not want to eat; there might be signs of a current infection/blood work showed some kind of infection; This is a spontaneous report received from an Other HCP from medical information team.  A 76-year-old male patient received pneumococcal 20-val conj vac (dipht CRM197 protein) (PREVNAR 20), on 13Mar2024 as dose 1, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) at the age of 76 years for immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: MALAISE (non-serious) with onset 13Mar2024, outcome "recovering", described as "Did not feel well"; DECREASED APPETITE (non-serious) with onset 13Mar2024, outcome "recovering", described as "Did not want to eat"; INFECTION (non-serious) with onset Mar2024, outcome "not recovered", described as "there might be signs of a current infection/blood work showed some kind of infection"; BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED (non-serious) with onset 20Mar2024, outcome "not recovered", described as "An elevated blood pressure/blood pressure up"; HEART RATE INCREASED (non-serious) with onset 20Mar2024, outcome "not recovered", described as "An elevated heart rate/heart rate up in 110s"; PYREXIA (non-serious) with onset 20Mar2024, outcome "not recovered", described as "Fever/fever 99.4"; OXYGEN SATURATION DECREASED (non-serious) with onset 20Mar2024, outcome "not recovered", described as "Low oxygen concentrations/oxygen down". The events "did not feel well", "did not want to eat", "fever/fever 99.4", "an elevated heart rate/heart rate up in 110s", "an elevated blood pressure/blood pressure up", "low oxygen concentrations/oxygen down" and "there might be signs of a current infection/blood work showed some kind of infection" required physician office visit. Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Additional information: A nurse practitioner called for information about for how long the side effects her Patient is experiencing would last. The patient did not have any pneumococcal vaccines before. Gave him Prevnar 20 last week, Wednesday, believed 13Mar2024. Friday, patient's wife told caller patient did not feel well. Said it started the first day, patient did not want to eat. Caller could not tell about fever, pain or anything. Patient's wife said Friday, patient felt better. Caller did not hear anything from patient's wife until yesterday, patient had fever 99.4, heart rate up in 110s, blood pressure was up, oxygen was down. Caller went to see patient, drew up blood, showed he has some kind of infection going on. Patient's wife said was because of the vaccines. Caller states, she does not know if it was because of the vaccines, if patient can have side effects that long. It has been a week all ready. The Nurse practitioner reported that the Patient was administered with Prevnar 20 and since 20Mar2024 (a week after the administration of the vaccine) he is experiencing fever, an elevated heart rate, an elevated blood pressure and low oxygen concentrations, also for the laboratory test results performed on the blood pf the patient there might be signs of a current infection.  The information on the batch/lot number for pneumococcal 20-val conj vac (dipht CRM197 protein) will be requested and submitted if and when received.