BCG lymphadenopathy detected in a BCG-vaccinated infant

• Main Authors: Barouni,A.S., Augusto,C., Queiroz,M.V.N.P., Lopes,M.T.P., Zanini,M.S., Salas,C.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2004
• Subjects: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG); Vaccination; Polymerase chain reaction; Lymphadenopathy; Antibiotic resistance; Calmette; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000500011

Large-scale vaccination with BCG, the live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is being adopted around the world, although sporadic complications have occurred after the procedure. Lymphadenopathy is not uncommon especially in babies under one year (0.73% of vaccinated infants), but the swelli...