Age: 59.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Cellulitis, Spinal cord infection, Urinary tract infection, Weight
Clinical narrative: UTI; Cellulitis/cellulitis in both legs which were swollen unbelievably bad; an infection of her spine; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). This consumer reported for herself that a 59-year-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (COMIRNATY, NDC number: 59267-1000-02, Expire Date: 17May2021) at the age of 59-years, via an unspecified route of administration by injection in her left arm on 05May2021 at 11:30 at single dose for COVID-19 immunization, at pharmacy. Medical history included Crohn's, asthma (uses inhalers daily), bronchitis (uses inhalers daily), double amputee (left leg amputation below the knee was done 13 years ago, and right leg amputation way above the knee was done about 5 years ago), immune compromised. Concomitant medications included she took a lot of medications daily. The patient had not received the second dose due to multiple hospitalizations due to infections not related to the vaccine, such as, UTI, Cellulitis, and an infection of her spine. Patient was informed by the pharmacist that she would need to start the vaccination series over. Calling to confirm if she can still only need to take the second dose, or does she need to start over. The patient inquired that she was immune compromised, how long she dose need to wait to take the booster shot. The patient reported that after receiving the 1st dose, she was hospitalized and she had been in and out of the hospital since then. She was calling because she wanted to know if she can still get the 2nd dose. Stated she hadn't been in the hospital since the end of Jul2021, so she wanted to get her 2nd dose, but when she called the pharmacy she was told that she would need to start the series all over, so she wanted to call to find out if that was true. Stated that the hospitalizations had nothing to do with the vaccine. She had a very bad urinary tract infection, cellulitis in both legs which were swollen unbelievably bad, and an infection in her spine. The infection in her spine started at the level of her bra line and instead of going down, it went up to her neck. The doctors said she got blood in her spine. The first time she was admitted was around the middle to the end of May2021 and she was in the hospital for about 1 week. Then she was back in the hospital about 1.5 to 2 weeks later and was hospitalized until 23Jun2021. The 3rd time she was admitted was in Jul2021 for about 1.5 weeks. Patient was unable to provide specific dates for her hospitalizations. She was sent home on home health care with oral and IV antibiotics. She continued to receive the IV antibiotics until about 9 weeks ago when her refrigerator went out. Her doctor had to pull her off of the IV antibiotics, and she had to throw away all the IV medication because it was warm. Stated she was so upset about it because she had to pay for all that medication out of her pocket because Medicare wouldn't pay for it. She had continued on the 2 oral antibiotics. AE(s) require a visit to emergency room and physician office, caused hospitalization. Patient's weight was 140-145lbs. Outcome of the events was unknown.   The lot number for BNT162b2 was not provided and will be requested during follow up.