JAMA Network Home
Sign In
Teachable Moment

Pitfalls to Procalcitonin—Elevation in a Postvaccine Fever

JAMA Internal Medicine 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.0673

April 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

Read the full article

This case report describes a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis who presented to the emergency department with a fever and elevated procalcitonin levels the day after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

Corresponding Author: Virginia H. Sun, MD, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114 (vsun1@mgh.harvard.edu).

Link to the article in your story

We encourage you to link out to this article in your story using the link below. It includes an access token that will give free access to the article for your readers up to one year after publication. (The link will be live after the article publishes and embargo is lifted.)

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.0673?utm_source=for_the_media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=041326

Copy to clipboard

Please see the article for additional information, including full author list, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

Need more information? Contact us.

Editor's Picks