By: Nicole Blazek 20 October 2010 Patients who have egg allergies can safely receive seasonal influenza vaccines with the assistance of their allergist, according to new recommendations from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. “The time to withhold the influenza vaccine due to one’s egg allergy has passed,” Matthew Greenhawt, MD, a guideline […]
Vaccine Hypersensitivity – Update and Overview
By: Philipp J. Fritsche, et al. Summary Concerns about possible reactions to vaccines or vaccinations are frequently raised. However, the rate of reported vaccine-induced adverse events is low and ranges between 4.8–83.0 per 100 000 doses of the most frequently used vaccines. The number of true allergic reactions to routine vaccines is not known; estimations […]
