Age: 55.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain in extremity, Peripheral swelling, Staphylococcal infection, Vaccination site pain, Vaccination site warmth
Clinical narrative: MRSA; Her left arm was swollen by 3 inch in diameter; has a sight pain when lifting or moving her arm; The vaccination site is very painful and hot to touch; The vaccination site is very painful and hot to touch; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 55-year-old female patient received the second dose of bnt162b2 (BNT162B2, Solution for injection, Lot Number: FA7484), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 28Jul2021 12:40 (received at the age of 55-years-old) as DOSE 2, SINGLE for COVID-19 immunisation. The vaccine was administered at a grocery store pharmacy. Medical history included MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) from 2012 to an unknown date. The patient's concomitant medications were none. The patient previously received the first dose of bnt162b2 (BNT162B2, Lot Number: EW0198), administered in Arm Right, on 01Jul2021 (at the age of 55-years-old), as DOSE 1, SINGLE for COVID-19 IMMUNISATION; anthrax vaccine (first dose on 03May2004, 2nd dose on 17May2004, and 3rd dose on 01Jun2004)  and experienced swelling in her arm. The patient stated that at one point she had MRSA in 2012 and she also had an adverse effect from Anthrax shot; she had swelling in her arm from those and also the 3rd shot she had really bad swelling from it in her right arm. She stated that with the 1st one (first dose of Anthrax) she had swelling slightly, with the 2nd one the swelling was a little more and the 3rd one she had a lot. She did not have NDC, lots or expiry dates. She stated the dose was 0.5cc for all of them. The patient did not receive any other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine. The patient reported that her left arm was swollen by 3 inch in diameter post Pfizer covid-19 vaccination. She has a sight pain when lifting or moving her arm. The vaccination site is very painful and hot to touch. She stated that she is having swelling and it's about 3 inches in diameter on her left arm and it's hot to the touch. She has slight pain when lifting and moving her arm and it is very painful when she presses on the site. The patient stated her symptoms started on 28Jul2021 after the vaccine and the swelling has gotten worse at the day of report on 29Jul2021. The symptoms started maybe 3-4 hours after and got worse and worse as night came on, and this morning (29Jul2021) it was hot, yesterday (28Jul2021) it was just raised and progressively got more raised and hot to the touch. She is aware people can experience pain and swelling post vaccination, but she is not heard of warmth around injection site. She wants to know if this symptom is associated with the vaccine. She is also concerned as she had MRSA in the past. She explained if you had MRSA once in your lifetime you can get it again. She wants to know if other individuals with MRSA have experienced similar symptoms post vaccination. Outcome of the events was unknown. The adverse events did not require a visit to the emergency room or physician office.   Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.