Report #2836285

Received Apr 15, 2025

Office visit

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Overview

Sex: Female
Age: 4 yrs
State: ID
Recovered: Recovered
Vaccinated: Mar 3, 2025
Onset: Mar 4, 2025
Days to onset: 1
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (2)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
DTAPIPV	DTAP + IPV (KINRIX)	GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS	5	42Y93	IM / LL
MMRV	MEASLES + MUMPS + RUBELLA + VARICELLA (PROQUAD)	MERCK & CO. INC.	2	Y013583	IM / RL

Symptoms (6)

Conjunctivitis bacterialInjection site erythemaInjection site swellingInjection site urticariaOtitis mediaUrticaria

Symptom narrative

patient developed redness and swelling around the injection site 24 hrs after injection of proquad vaccine into right thigh. this progressed to hives, starting around the injection site and spreading across body. the hives resolved with a dose of oral benadryl and did not return. no breathing issues, wheezing, abdominal pain or vomiting to suggest anaphylaxis. Of note, the patient had started taking oral amoxicillin for a middle ear infection 3-4 days prior to onset of hives. no other generalized rash. She also had bacterial conjunctivitis the day she got the vaccine and was started on polytrim antibiotic eye drops for this the day she got her vaccines. Pt was given a kinrix vaccine the same day in the left thigh.

Current illness

middle ear infection and bacterial conjunctivitis being treated at the time of vaccination

Medical history

none

Other medications

Amoxicillin and polytrim eye drops

Allergies

Possibly amoxicillin

Lab data

none