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Bilateral deafness two days following influenza vaccination: a case report

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2018 Aug 17. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1509657. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Bilateral deafness two days following influenza vaccination: a case report.[/h] Kolarov C[SUP]1[/SUP], Loebermann M[SUP]1[/SUP], Fritzsche C[SUP]1[/SUP], Hemmer C[SUP]1[/SUP], Mlynski R[SUP]2[/SUP], Reisinger EC[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]OBJECTIVE:[/h] We report a case of deafness occurring in a temporal context of an influenza vaccination in a 79-year-old woman.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Case report and review of the literature on influenza causing deafness.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] A 79-year-old woman with normal hearing developed acute bilateral sensorineural hearing loss two days after a seasonal influenza vaccination, other obvious reasons for acute hearing loss were excluded.
[h=4]CONCLUSION:[/h] This patient appears to be the first reported case of bilateral deafness following a trivalent seasonal influenza vaccination.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Bilateral deafness; gentamicin; sudden sensorineural hearing loss; thimerosal; trivalent influenza vaccine

PMID: 30118641 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1509657
 
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