Bony lesions in BCG-vaccinated children: Consider BCG osteitis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-309

  Twine, Christopher ^a   Coulston, James ^a   Tayton, Keith ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BCG; Infant; Non accidental injury; Tuberculosis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; OSTEITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BCG VACCINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OSTEITIS;

EID: 34147100620     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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