Bacillus Calmette-Guerins vaccination at birth causing tuberculous ranulomatous lymphadenitis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-414

  Al Hassan, Abdulaziz A ^a   Ahsanullah, Abumusa M ^a  

^a Domat Al Jandal General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

BCG VACCINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 79953692997     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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