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Incidence and etiology of fever following seasonal influenza vaccination in hospitalized patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2018

Kap Sum Foong Open the ORCID record for Kap Sum Foong [Opens in a new window] ,
Ed Casabar  and
David K. Warren
Kap Sum Foong*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
Ed Casabar
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
*
Author for correspondence: Kap Sum Foong MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, 4523 Clayton Ave, St Louis, MO 63110. E-mail: KapSumFoong@wustl.edu
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Abstract

We conducted a retrospective cohort to examine the incidence and etiology of fever postinfluenza vaccination among hospitalized patients during the 2015–2016 influenza season. Fever occurred in 63 (1.5%) of 4,185 vaccinated patients. Medical patients had fever predominantly associated with concurrent infections; surgical patients had fever explained by noninfectious etiologies.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , February 2019 , pp. 235 - 237
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

Cite this article: Foong KS, et al. (2019). Incidence and etiology of fever following seasonal influenza vaccination in hospitalized patients. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 40, 235–237. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.316

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