A 76-year-old male presented with subacromial/subdeltoid bursitis following influenza vaccine administration into the left deltoid muscle. This shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) could have been prevented by the use of a safe, evidence based protocol for the intramuscular injection of the deltoid muscle.
Ian F Cook. Subdeltoid/subacromial bursitis associated with influenza vaccination. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics. 2014;10(3):605-6
PMID: 24284281
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