BCG-Associated Osteomyelitis: A Case Report
Journal Title: Pediatrics and Neonatal Nursing – Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
BCG (Mycobacterium bovis BCG) is a vaccine for preventing childhood tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization registered freeze-dried Tokyo-172 seed lot as an international reference vaccine strain in 1965, and ever since, the Tokyo-172 BCG has been used, not only in Japan, but also all over the world. However, there are some severe adverse reactions that developed beyond vaccination site and regional ipsilateral axillary lymph-nodes. Osteomyelitis is a very rare but serious late complication of BCG-immunization and results from generalized dissemination of BCG.1 We present a case of a 23-month-old boy with a mass lesion in the right shoulder.
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Yuko Kobashi
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- DOI 10.17140/PNNOJ-3-117
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