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Report #2855315

Received Aug 23, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
8 yrs
State
IN
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
Jul 15, 2025
Onset
Jul 1, 2025
Days to onset
—
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
PPVPNEUMO (PNEUMOVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.UNKY016291OT

Symptoms (1)

Pain in extremity

Symptom narrative

the patient's arm was hurting; This spontaneous report was received from a Physician and Healthcare Professional (also reported as Office Manager) and refers to a non-pregnant 8-year-old female patient. The patient had no medical history, drug reactions, allergies nor concomitant therapies. On 15-Jul-2025, the patient was vaccinated with Pneumococcal Vaccine, Polyvalent (23-valent) (PNEUMOVAX23) intramuscular injection (lot #Y016291, expiration date: 06-Dec-2026 (also reported as "31-Dec-2026") 0.5 mL once administered by Intramuscular route (Anatomical site was not reported) as vaccine - low IG levels. The vaccine was administered by a healthcare professional. On an unspecified day, between 15-Jul-2025 and 16-Jul-2025, the patient's arm was hurting (Pain in arm). On 16-Jul-2025, her mother called the physician's office to report this information and sought advice on what to do. She was instructed to ice the arm and gave her Tylenol for pain. No laboratory tests were performed. The patient recovered from the event on 20-Jul-2025. The physician requested a lot check for the vaccine (lot #Y016291). The causal relationship between the event and Pneumococcal Vaccine, Polyvalent (23-valent) (PNEUMOVAX23) was not provided. This is one of several cases from the same source.

Current illness

Immunoglobulin G low