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Review
. 2019;15(1):107-108.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1509657. Epub 2018 Sep 5.

Bilateral deafness two days following influenza vaccination: a case report

Claudia Kolarov  1 , Micha Löbermann  1 , Carlos Fritzsche  1 , Christoph Hemmer  1 , Robert Mlynski  2 , Emil Christian Reisinger  1
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Review

Bilateral deafness two days following influenza vaccination: a case report

Claudia Kolarov et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019.

Abstract

Objective: We report a case of deafness occurring in a temporal context of an influenza vaccination in a 79-year-old woman.

Methods: Case report and review of the literature on influenza causing deafness.

Results: A 79-year-old woman with normal hearing developed acute bilateral sensorineural hearing loss two days after a seasonal influenza vaccination, other obvious reasons for acute hearing loss were excluded.

Conclusion: This patient appears to be the first reported case of bilateral deafness following a trivalent seasonal influenza vaccination.

Keywords: bilateral deafness; gentamicin; sudden sensorineural hearing loss; thimerosal; trivalent influenza vaccine.

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