Disseminated tuberculosis following BCG vaccination
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Disseminated tuberculosis following BCG vaccination.
Disseminated tuberculosis is rare in infants. The more common presentations of tuberculosis (TB) in infancy include pulmonary and meningeal involvement. Disseminated TB following BCG vaccination is even rarer. The possible reasons for dissemination following BCG are faulty techniques of intra-dermal administration and use of excess doses of the vaccine. Dissemination following BCG also occurs i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v51i2.1360