Disseminated BCG infection resembling Langerhans cell histiocytosis in an infant with severe combined immunodeficiency: A case report

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 561-570

  Culic, Srdjana ^a   Kuzmic, Ivana ^a   Culic, Vida ^a   Martinic, Roko ^a   Kuljis, Dubravka ^a   Pranic Kragic, Ankica ^a   Karaman, Ksenija ^a   Jankovic, Stipan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

BCG; Histiocytes; SCID

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BCG VACCINATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECZEMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 4444346358     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010490477257     Document Type: Article

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