Complications associated with the bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination in Ireland

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 594-597

  Bolger, T ^a,b   O'Connell, M ^b   Menon, A ^b   Butler, K ^b  

^a Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children ^*  (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY MASS; BCG VACCINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INOCULATION; IRELAND; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AXILLA; BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRELAND; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPURATION;

EID: 33745804453     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.078972     Document Type: Article

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