Lymphadenitis in a Greenlandic Inuit Boy after Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination

As Greenland has an exceedingly high incidence of tuberculosis, the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is a part of the childhood immunization programme (1, 2). Severe complications to the BCG vaccination are very rare. One of the most well-known complications associated with BCG vaccination...

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Main Authors: Penninga, L., Lorentzen, A.K., Mikkelsen, Carsten Sauer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Greenland
greenlandic
inuit
Online Access:https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/f05139fa-f0ca-437f-9a9a-085546138a12
https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/files/317002611/Penninga_et_al_2019_Lymphadenitis_in_a_Greenlandic_Inuit_Boy.pdf
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073388046&partnerID=8YFLogxK
https://www.medicaljournals.se/forum/articles/24/3/102-103.pdf
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Summary:As Greenland has an exceedingly high incidence of tuberculosis, the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is a part of the childhood immunization programme (1, 2). Severe complications to the BCG vaccination are very rare. One of the most well-known complications associated with BCG vaccination is lymphadenitis, which can usually be treated without sequelae (3). We report here a Greenlandic Inuit boy who developed non-suppurative lymphadenitis and was treated conservatively with good results.

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