Description of Event or Problem · 1
THIS IS THE SAME EVENT AND THE SAME PT REPORTED UNDER MDR ID #2939859-1999-00246 (COLLAGEN CORP #1025577). THIS SECOND MDR IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR THE SECOND SUSPECT PRODUCT, ALSO A DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY COLLAGEN CORP. THIS SEPARATE DISTINCT NUMBER IS PROVIDED PER THE FDA'S REQUEST FOR TRACEABILITY PURPOSES. A PHYSICIAN REPORTED A PT WHO WAS ORIGINALLY SKIN TESTED ON 5/14/99 AND RETESTED ON 6/7/99, BOTH WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. IN 1999, THE PT WAS TREATED WITH TWO FORMULATIONS OF PRODUCT IN THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS. ON 7/9/99, THE PT PHONED THE OFFICE AND REPORTED REDNESS AND SWELLING AT ALL THE TREATMENT SITES. THE PT STATED THE SYMPTOMS BEGAN ON 6/21/99. SHE DENIED HARDNESS OR ITCHING. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVED THE SYMPTOMS WERE PROBABLY HYPERSENSITIVITY RELATED TO THE COLLAGEN. ON 7/9/99, THE PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED ORAL PREDNISONE FOR 5 DAYS WHICH WAS NOT VERY EFFECTIVE. ON 8/23/99, RESULTS OF A BACTERIAL CULTURE OF THE RIGHT CHEEK SITE INDICATED STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS. ON 9/7/99, THE PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED CIPRO FOR INFECTION WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE. THE PT WAS LAST EXAMINED THE WEEK OF 11/1/99. THE PHYSICIAN NOTED "PUS" AND REDNESS THAT REOCCURS INTERMITTENTLY AT THE TREATMENT SITES.