Disseminated bacille Calmette-Guerin disease after vaccination: Case report and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1139-1146

  Talbot, Elizabeth A ^b   Perkins, Mark D ^b   Suva, Sandra Fagundes M ^b   Frothingham, Richard ^a  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CASE REPORT; CLONAL ANERGY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030949154     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513642     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Lugosi L. Theoretical and methodological aspects of BCG vaccine from the discovery of Calmette and Guerin to molecular biology. A review. Tuber Lung Dis 1992;73:252-61.
2. Kroger L, Korppi M, Brander E, et al. Osteitis caused by bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination: a retrospective analysis of 222 cases. J Infect Dis 1995;172:574-6.
3. Edwards KM, Kernodle DS. Possible hazards of routine bacille Calmette-Guerin immunization in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1996;15:836-8.
4. Besnard M, Sauvion S, Offedro C, et al. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin infection after vaccination of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1993;12:993-7.
5. Armbruster C, Junker W, Vetter N, Jaksch G. Disseminated bacille Calmette-Guerin infection in an AIDS patient 30 years after BCG vaccination. J Infect Dis 1990;162:1216.
6. ten Dam HG. BCG vaccination and HIV infection. Bull Int Union Tuberc Lung Dis 1990;65:38-9.
7. Houde C, Dery P. Mycobacterium bovis sepsis in an infant with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1988;7:810-1.
8. Ninane J, Grymonprez A, Burtonboy G, Francois A, Cornu G. Disseminated BCG in HIV infection. Arch Dis Child 1988;63:1268-9.
9. Hulin A, Lefevre P, Rieux D, Desbordes JM. A propos d'un cas de becegite generalisee mortelle chez un adulte suspect de deficit immunitaire acquis (SIDA). Médecine d'Afrique Noire 1986;33:293-300.
10. Centers for Disease Control. Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis infection from BCG vaccination of a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1985;34(16):227-8.
11. Romanus V, Fasth A, Tordai P, Wiholm BE. Adverse reactions in healthy and immunocompromised children under six years of age vaccinated with the Danish BCG vaccine, strain Copenhagen 1331: implications for the vaccination policy in Sweden. Acta Paediatr 1993;82:1043-52.
12. Abramowsky C, Gonzalez B, Sorensen RU. Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guerin infections in patients with primary immunodeficiencies. Am J Clin Pathol 1993;100:52-6.
13. Gonzalez B, Moreno S, Burdach R, et al. Clinical presentation of bacillus Calmette-Guerin infections in patients with immunodeficiency syndromes. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1989;8:201-8.
14. Hodsagi M, Uhereczky G, Kiraly L, Pinter E. BCG dissemination in chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Dev Biol Stand 1986;58:339-46.
15. Jeppsson O, Petrini B, Andersson J, Heurlin N, Malm G. Defective handling of mycobacteria. Lancet 1988;2:570.
16. Fischer A, Virelizier JL, Grisscelli C, Durandy A, Nezelof C, Trung PH. Defective monocyte functions in a child with fatal disseminated BCG infection. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1980;17:296-306.
17. Mackay A, Alcom MJ, Macleod IM, et al. Fatal disseminated BCG infection in an 18-year-old boy. Lancet 1980;2:1332-3.
18. Lachaux A, Descos B, Mertani A, Souillet G, Gilly J, Hermier M. Infection generalisee a BCG d'evolution favorable chez un nourrisson de 3 mois sans deficit immunitaire reconnu. Arch Fr Pediatr 1986;43:807-9.