conclusions disseminated bcg infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of infants and young children with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and history of bcg vaccination. the pcr method has a high positivity rate and can serve as a useful tool for the rapid and specific identification of m. bovis bcg substrain infection. results from the total of 34 children hospit...

There is much to suggest an immunologic basis for some kinds of human glomerulonephritis. The frequent history of streptococcal infection preceding the acute form of this disease with an associated host antistreptococcal response (1), the chronology of clinical events (2), and the usual low levels of serum complement in the acute stage (3), are all consistent with an immunologic disorder. Howev...