Reem W Alreshidi1, Malik Almalki1*, Shaker Alreshidi2 and Mohammad Almalki3
1Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding Author: Malik Almalki, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Received: July 05, 2022; Published: September 28, 2022
Purpose: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected millions of people of all ages worldwide to date. The majority of confirmed cases were among adults and approximately 2% of the confirmed cases are for children. Covid-19 vaccine had high safety and efficacy. Nevertheless, adverse reaction has been reported, approximately 90% of all vaccine recipients reported local and at least one systemic reaction. In this case report, we report a case of anaphylactic reaction in a child after dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Up to our knowledge, this is the first case to be reported of anaphylactic reaction in a child after dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Observations: A 13 year old boy, presented to our paediatric emergency department (PED) with anaphylactic reaction, complaint of rash and shortness of breath (SOB) 13 minutes after received first dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. management involved systemic epinephrine, antihistamine and steroid.
Conclusions and Importance: Due to the recent authorization of COVID-19 vaccine in children of 12 years or older, children with anaphylaxis post- vaccination are expected. In addition to the necessary observation at vaccine centre, necessary supplies to immediately manage anaphylaxis, should be available in vaccination centres.
Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccine; Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Paediatric; Adverse Effect
Citation: Malik Almalki., et al. “Anaphylactic Reaction in a Child After Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine". Acta Scientific Paediatrics 5.10 (2022): 13-15.
Copyright: © 2022 Malik Almalki., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.