Reactions of Norwegian children with severe egg allergy to an egg-containing influenza A (H1N1) vaccine: a retrospective audit.

ABSTRACT: Design Retrospective audit. Setting Secondary paediatric outpatient clinic, Tromsø, Norway. Participants The participants were 80 (62.5% boys and 37.5% girls) children and adolescents with a diagnosed egg allergy who had to be on an egg-free diet and be unable to eat any food containing any amount of egg, including egg-containing baked goods, without an allergic reaction to egg protein. We also included patients who were sensitised to egg but had never been exposed to egg or egg-containing baked goods and were on an egg-free diet. Other atopic diseases among the study participants were also registered. Intervention The vaccination took place from November to December 2009. The patients were vaccinated with a monovalent influenza A (H1N1) vaccine that had an ovalbumin content <0.33 μg/ml

SUBMITTER: Forsdahl BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3253424 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature