Osteitis after BCG vaccination.

Osteitis in a female infant after vaccination with BCG Moreau in the neonatal period.

Mycobacterial Arthritis at 19 Months After a Bacille Calmette–Guérin Vaccination

A 20-month-old afebrile boy living in northern Taiwan presented with swelling of the right knee for 5 days. No other respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms were associated. A bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination had been performed when he was 1 month of age. The X-ray showed no bony destruction, and the sonography revealed some fluid accumulation in the right suprapatellar pouch. Arthroc...

گزارش یک مورد عفونت منتشر BCG در بیمار مبتلا به نقص ایمنی توام

Adverse reactions induced by BCG vaccination are rare and appear either in the form of lymphadenitis or osteitis. One of the rarest complications of the vaccine is disseminated mycobacterial infection which mostly occurs in infants with immune deficiency. In this paper a case of disseminated BCG infection is reported in a four-month-old infant suffering from severe combined immunodeficiency (SC...

Osteitis of the radius following Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccination at birth: a case report

BACKGROUND The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine, which is used for the prevention of tuberculosis, is considered protective against the severe forms of childhood tuberculosis. However, some serious adverse reactions including osteitis of the long bones can occur. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of an 18-month-old Sudanese girl who presented at the age of 3 months with swelling of her left ...

Evalution of Tuberculin Skin Test Four Months after BCG Vaccination at Birth