Cutaneous complication after BCG vaccination: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 315-318

  Keijsers, Romy R M C ^a   Bovenschen, H Jorn ^a   Seyger, Marieke M B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BCG vaccination; BCG itis; Cutaneous complication

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; BCG VACCINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMATOUS NODULE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN NODULE; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

BCG VACCINE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 80855150743     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09546634.2010.500325     Document Type: Review

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