Vaccine | Grown in | Egg protein content | Approach in egg-allergic patient |
Measles and mumps | Chick embryo fibroblast cell cultures | Picograms to nanograms | Administer in usual manner |
Purified chick embryo rabies | Chick embryo fibroblast cell cultures | Picograms to nanograms | Administer in usual manner |
Influenza (killed injected and live attenuated nasal) | Chick extra-embryonic allantoic fluid | <1 microgram | * |
Yellow fever | Chick embryos | Micrograms | Skin test with vaccine prior to administration |
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