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Report #2873232

Received Nov 18, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
78 yrs
State
SC
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Sep 16, 2022
Onset
Jan 1, 2024
Days to onset
472
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECH4GH9694—

Symptoms (3)

COVID-19Disease recurrenceVaccination failure

Symptom narrative

Suffering from COVID right now; had COVID, I think it was in Jan2024; had COVID, I think it was in Jan2024; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP, Program ID. An 81-year-old female patient received BNT162b2, BNT162b2 omi ba.4-5 (BNT162B2, BNT162B2 OMI BA.4-5), on 16Sep2022 as dose 4 (booster), single (Lot number: GH9694) at the age of 78 years, in arm for covid-19 immunisation; BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), on 16Feb2021 as dose 1, single (Lot number: EM9810, Expiration Date: Jun2021), in arm, on 08Mar2021 as dose 2, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown), in arm and on 17Oct2021 as dose 3 (booster), single (Batch/Lot number: unknown), in arm for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history was not reported. There were no concomitant medications. Past drug history included: Ativan, reaction(s): "Drug allergy: Ativan"; Ativan, reaction(s): "Drug allergy: Vertigo"; Codeine, reaction(s): "Drug allergy: Codeine". The following information was reported: VACCINATION FAILURE (medically significant), COVID-19 (medically significant) all with onset Jan2024, outcome "unknown" and all described as "had COVID, I think it was in Jan2024"; DISEASE RECURRENCE (medically significant) with onset 03Nov2025, outcome "unknown", described as "Suffering from COVID right now". The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: COVID-19: (06Nov2025) positive. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of vaccination failure, covid-19, disease recurrence. Clinical course: Patient has all her vaccines. Well, she had her beginning vaccine and is taking Paxlovid for the second time. She has guess, two vaccines. She said that she didn't take the last one, that's her mistake, her further confusion. So, she does have her vaccines and she is taking Paxlovid for the second time. Well, she don't know that she have taken it before. They had COVID, she think it was in Jan2024, She's not sure, but she can't remember taking the Paxlovid, but they could have. She's not sure, but they did had all the vaccines, except for the very last one. They haven't had it yet. The vaccine, it just says here 1st dose COVID-19 and she have got a lot number, it's got Pfizer. LOT#, blank expiration Jun2021, but she don't see a name of the vaccine. Well, she think when it was available, they must have been sick and she wouldn't have taken it on. She don't know, they may she don't know. She's sorry. The patient stated that she suffering from COVID right now, yes. The 1st vaccine, she got was in doctor's care. She had an appointment near her and when she got there, they didn't have the record of the appointment. So, they wouldn't gave her the vaccine. So, then she have to relay after and she got home, she got a call from them and they said she missed her appointment. So, that's why she had to go to get her vaccine, that was a long drive. It was 16Feb2021. For 2nd dose, it was the same place. she went back to the doctor's care on 08Mar2021. Third dose on 17Oct2021. The facility, she don't know. They have got some different. This might be (withheld), maybe she got her last two shots at (withheld), because it's got '(withheld)'. She bet that's (withheld). For the 4th dose was in 16Sep2022. When probed if consumer got COVID again after the 4th dose: Consumer stated, Yes, that was all the vaccines she have had for COVID. You have to take one and then wait a month and take next and then you have to wait 6 months to take the next one, then they had another shot the year later, one year later in 22. She didn't realized it has been that long since she had her last vaccine. LOT#: Consumer stated, she don't think they wrote it down here. All that's got written is Pfizer and then they have got GH9694. The only one she have a LOT# is on the very first one, that she got in (withheld) and it got LOT#, EM9810. Furthermore, the patient stated that it started on Monday. She started with sore throat 03Nov2025, but she didn't know she had COVID until she tested on Thursday, which was 06Nov, the test confirmed she had tested positive for COVID. Treatment: Consumer stated, prior to taking Paxlovid. On Tuesday, after she started the sore throat after the 3rd. She had an appointment with the doctor the next morning. She didn't feel good enough to go to the doctor. She felt awful, so she called and cancelled her appointment and he called her in a Z-pak Azithromycin and also 4 tablet of Prednisolone. 250 milligrams and it was a fix pack were you take 6 pills. Patient took 500 milligrams on Tuesday. After that she just had to take one tablet and when she called her doctor and tell him she tested positive for the COVID. He tell her to stop taking these pills, not to take them anymore when she started the Paxlovid. Prednisolone 10 milligrams. It was late in the day so, she only got one and the first day once a day. Then next day she took two and the next day she took one. It was only 4 pills.

Lab data

Test Date: 20251106; Test Name: Covid-19; Test Result: Positive