A review of cutaneous granulomas and lupus vulgaris following BCG vaccination in a skin hospital in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 663-665

  Tan, Hiok Hee ^a   Seow, C S ^b  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complications; Isoniazid; Tuberculosis; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION SITE; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PAIN; PUSTULE; SINGAPORE; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036756045     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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