Safety of intradermal Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine for neonates in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-176

  Al Salem, Ahmed H ^a   Kothari, Mukul R ^a   AlHani, Hatem M ^a   Oquaish, Mohammad M ^a   Khogeer, Suzie S ^a   Desouky, Mohammed S ^a  

^a Maternity and Children Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; BCG VACCINATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SAFETY; EXCISION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCISION; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SUPPURATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84857150861     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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