Abstract

MARTINEZ GRAU, Isabel et al. Supurative lymphadenitis caused by BCG: A case report. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2005, vol.21, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2996.

The disseminated mycobacterial infection that appears after the BCG vaccination is a very rare disorder that occurs mainly in patients with immunodeficiency. A case is described in which an adverse reaction induced by the BCG vaccine was expressed by suppurative and abscessed regional lymphadenitis that manifested a month after the baby's birth. She had fever, vomits, and diarreas when she was 5 months old, and exanthema subitum at 11 months. The clinical course and immunological evaluation suggest a congenital immunodeficiency

Keywords : Lymphadenitis; BCG.

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