BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study was intended to test how the inflammation at the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) inoculation site (BCGitis) can be a useful a diagnostic feature of Kawasaki disease (KD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS All subjects were infants at the time of admission, and had received BCG vaccination during their neonatal period. There were 54 patients with complete KD (group 1) and...

INTRODUCTION Interleukin 12 receptor beta 1 (IL12Rβ1) deficiency is a primary immunodeficiency resulting mainly in susceptibility to opportunistic infection by non-tuberculous, environmental mycobacteria and severe infection caused by Salmonella spp. Till now, less than 300 patients with IL12Rβ1 deficiency have been reported. Among them, only three have been described to develop autoimmunity. ...

BACKGROUND Hepatic granuloma is reported in 2 - 15% of liver biopsy specimens. It is relatively easy for the pathologist to diagnose, but sometimes arriving at a specific etiology is quite difficult. Until now, there are few published studies about the etiology of hepatic granuloma in Iran. In this study, we attempt to determine the causes of hepatic granuloma from one of the largest referral c...

In most cases, bladder carcinoma is located superficially, and the therapeutic approach is usually transurethral resection followed by intravesical therapy (chemotherapy or immunotherapy).(1,2) Initially produced as a vaccine against tuberculosis, BCG—an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis—has been widely used in immunotherapy over the last decades.(1,3) Although BCG, used as immunotherapy...

Se estima que la incidencia de linfadenitis en menores un año es <0.4/1000 y 0.03/1000 1 a 20 años vacunados, por lo tiende considerarse como una vacuna segura. recomienda el término cuando crecimiento ganglionar se palpe con facilidad paciente mantenga afebril buen estado general. manifiesta mucha frecuencia entre las 2 semanas los 6 meses después aplicación o lapso 24 meses.1, 2
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