Scar formation and tuberculin conversion following BCG vaccination in infants: A prospective cohort study
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Tuberculin response in preterm infants after BCG vaccination at birth.
A total of 101 preterm infants between 26 and 37 weeks' gestation who received BCG vaccination at birth were evaluated between two and four months after vaccination. Altogether 32% of these infants had no visible BCG scar. All infants were then tested with tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD) but only 70 returned for the test to be read 48-72 hours later. The test was negative in 22 (31...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2249-4863
DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.161327