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. 2021 Nov 22;36(3):373–382. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003126

Table 2.

Adverse events after vaccination.

Adverse events after vaccination with V114 or PCV13 Adverse events after vaccination with PPSV23
V114 (n = 152) PCV13 (n = 150) V114 (n = 150) PCV13 (n = 148)
n (%) 95% CI n (%) 95% CI n (%) 95% CI n (%) 95% CI
Any AE 111 (73.0) 65.2–79.9 94 (62.7) 54.4–70.4 91 (60.7) 52.4–68.5 106 (71.6) 63.6–78.7
 Injection site 97 (63.8) 82 (54.7) 83 (55.3) 96 (64.9)
 Systemic 65 (42.8) 54 (36.0) 49 (32.7) 51 (34.5)
Any vaccine-related AE 101 (66.4) 58.3–73.9 88 (58.7) 50.3–66.6 87 (58.0) 49.7–66.0 99 (66.9) 58.7–74.4
 Injection site 97 (63.8) 82 (54.7) 83 (55.3) 97 (65.5)
 Systemic 40 (26.3) 36 (24.0) 34 (22.7) 36 (24.3)
Any SAE 3 (2.0) 0.4–5.7 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.4 2 (1.3) 0.2–4.7 6 (4.1) 1.5–8.6
Any vaccine-related SAE 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.4 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.4 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.4 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.5
Death 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.4 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.4 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.4 0 (0.0) 0.0–2.5
Solicited injection-site AEs (days 1–5)
 Injection-site pain 87 (57.2) 49.0–65.2 77 (51.3) 43.0–59.6 80 (53.3) 45.0–61.5 91 (61.5) 53.1–69.4
 Injection-site swelling 18 (11.8) 7.2–18.1 6 (4.0) 1.5–8.5 30 (20.0) 13.9–27.3 43 (29.1) 21.9–37.1
 Injection-site erythema 7 (4.6) 1.9–9.3 5 (3.3) 1.1–7.6 15 (10.0) 5.7–16.0 18 (12.2) 7.4–18.5
Solicited systemic AEs (days 1–14)
 Fatigue 31 (20.4) 14.3–27.7 20 (13.3) 8.3–19.8 19 (12.7) 7.8–19.1 16 (10.8) 6.3–17.0
 Headache 20 (13.2) 8.2–19.6 14 (9.3) 5.2–15.2 17 (11.3) 6.7–17.5 18 (12.2) 7.4–18.5
 Myalgia 19 (12.5) 7.7–18.8 14 (9.3) 5.2–15.2 13 (8.7) 4.7–14.4 13 (8.8) 4.8–14.6
 Arthralgia 5 (3.3) 1.1–7.5 6 (4.0) 1.5–8.5 4 (2.7) 0.7–6.7 2 (1.4) 0.2–4.8

AE, adverse event; CI, confidence interval; PCV13, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; PPSV23, 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; SAE, serious AE; V114, 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.