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Table 4 Reactions caused by vaccines

From: Vaccine risk assessment in children with a referred reaction to a previous vaccine dose: 2009–2011 retrospective report at the Bambino Gesu’ children hospital, Rome, Italy

Type of reaction

Type of vaccine

 

Hexavalent + Pneumococcus

Hexavalent

Pneumococcus

MMR

Urticaria

12

4

3

4

fever and/or hypotonia and/or hyporesponsiveness

11

13

 

1

Anaphylaxis/Angioedema

6

5

2

 

Febrile convulsions/Clonus

5

5

1

1

Diffuse erythema

5

   

Fever ≥ 39 °C

5

5

 

2

Lower limbs swelling

4

4

  

Dyspnea

3

2

  

Vomiting

3

2

  

Hypertonic crisis

2

   

Fever and urticaria

2

6

  

Fever and/or irritability and/or uncontrollable crying

1

2

1

 

Headache/Paresthesia

 

1

1

 

Petechiae

1

 

1

 

Thrombocytopenia

1

1

  

Vasculitis 8 days later

1

   

Total

62

50

9

8