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. 2010 Oct 25;26(6):2018–2024. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfq657

Table 4.

Summary of solicited local and systemic reactions in 14 days following vaccination with the 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 MF59-adjuvanted influenza vaccine administered together with or 1 month before the seasonal virosomal-adjuvanted influenza vaccination to kidney transplant recipients and healthy controls

Adverse events Sequential vaccine administrations
Simultaneous vaccine administrations
Pandemic alone
Seasonal alone
Pandemic + seasonal
Transplant recipients Healthy controls Transplant recipients
Healthy controls Transplant recipients Healthy controls
(n = 16) (n = 16) (n = 16) (n = 16) (n = 16) (n = 16)
Local reactions, n (%)
 Erythema 0 (0.0) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3)
 Swelling/induration 3 (18.8) 2 (12.5) 2 (12.5) 1 (6.3) 4 (25.0) 2 (12.5)
 Pain 3 (18.8) 2 (12.5) 2 (12.5) 2 (12.5) 4 (25.0) 2 (12.5)
 At least one local event 4 (25.0) 4 (25.0) 3 (18.8) 3 (18.8) 4 (25.0) 3 (18.8)
Systemic reactions, n (%)
 Fever ≥ 38°C 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3)
 Rhinitis 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Malaise 1 (6.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 0 (0.0)
 Sleepiness 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Changed eating habits 0 (0.0) 1 (6.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (6.3)
 Vomiting 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Diarrhoea 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 At least one systemic event 2 (12.5) 2 (12.5) 1 (6.3) 2 (12.5) 2 (12.5) 2 (12.5)
At least one local or systemic event 4 (25.0) 4 (25.0) 3 (18.8) 4 (25.0) 5 (31.3) 4 (25.0)
Required drugs for local or systemic events 2 (12.5) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 3 (18.8) 2 (12.5)
Serious adverse events 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

Percentages in parentheses. No significant differences between the transplant recipients and healthy controls.