Caseating regional lymphadenitis complicating BCG vaccination.

Severe axillary lymphadenitis after BCG vaccination: alert for primary immunodeficiencies.

The bacilli Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is administered to all newborns in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. Immunocompromised hosts, namely patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection or primary immunodeficiencies, are especially prone to serious complications from this vaccine. We report three cases of BCG disease in children with primary immunodeficiencies: one with a parti...

BCG Vaccination

BCG VACCINATION. Studies by the WHO Tuberculosis Research Office, Copenhagen. Report prepared under the direction of Lydia B. Edwards and Carroll E. Palmer with the assistance of Knut Magnus. Monograph Series No. 12. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1953. 307 pp. 15/-, $3.00, Sw. fr. 12.This monograph contains the results of an inquiry into the variable factors that affect BCG vaccination. Th...

Surgical management of BCG vaccine-induced regional axillary lymphadenitis in HIV-infected children.

UNLABELLED There are as yet no clear surgical guidelines for the management of BCG vaccine-induced regional axillary lymphadenopathy. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the management of the condition and to suggest possible management strategies. METHODS A retrospective study was undertaken of 23 cases of suspected ipsilateral BCG adenitis following neonatal BCG inoculation (...

Controversy over BCG Vaccination

Controversy over BCG Vaccination