Age: 66.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: PNC13
Symptoms: Cellulitis, Hypersensitivity, Injection site erythema
Clinical narrative: redness in the injection arm when she received the PREVNAR 13 vaccine and was diagnosed with cellulitis; redness in the injection arm/Redness around injection site; redness down her arm/big ring around where it got red and started going down her arm; allergic reaction; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) via Medical information team. A 66-year-old female patient received pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) (PREVNAR 13), via an unspecified route of administration in left arm on 09Aug2016 in the morning at single dose for immunization. Medical history included penicillin allergy and Sulfa drug allergy from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. The patient previously had Tetanus shot on 23Apr2015 and Flu shot on unspecified date. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient experienced redness in the injection arm when she received the PREVNAR 13 vaccine and was diagnosed with cellulitis on 09Aug2016. The patient got a PREVNAR 13 shot back in 09Aug2016 and had a bad reaction. The patient wanted to know if it was the shot or not and wanted to be able to take the COVID shot. The patient has not had any shot since Aug2016. The patient had bad reaction to PREVNAR 13, redness around injection. The patient heard on commercials about redness at injection site. She went to the doctor three times in one week. The redness was growing and ended up with cellulitis in her arm. She wondered if it was the actual PREVNAR 13 shot she was allergic to or if something else happened. The patient was afraid to take the COVID shot because of her reaction with PREVNAR 13. The patient has not taken a Flu shot since then. The patient thought her doctor may have reported it. The patient was wondering if the PREVNAR 13 was actually given in the muscle or maybe bacteria entered at the time of injection. The patient noticed redness down her arm that night on 09Aug2016. The next morning, she noticed it was bigger and went to the doctor's office three times that week. The doctor kept marking it. She was asked if redness got close to her elbow she might need to go to the ER. The patient was prescribed an antibiotic and was allergic to the antibiotic. The patient had a big ring around where it, got red and started going down her arm. The redness continued and was told by her doctor she was having an allergic reaction. The patient was switched to another antibiotic after clindamycin, but doesn't remember which one and then it started working. The facility where the most recent COVID-19 vaccine was administered was in the physician office. No other vaccine was given to the patient on the same date of PREVNAR 13. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior. The doctor would just mark the redness on her arm and confirmed that the patient has not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine. The patient was prescribed Clindamycin and redness continued. The answer to the question, if a sample of the product was available to be returned, if requested; and if the packaging was sealed and intact was not provided. The outcome of the events was unknown.