Outbreak of Bacille Calmette-Guérin-related lymphadenitis in Saudi children at a university hospital after a change in the strain of vaccine

Outbreak of Bacille Calmette-Guérin-related lymphadenitis in Saudi children at a university hospital after a change in the strain of vaccine

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is part of the expanded program of vaccination in Saudi Arabia. Lymphadenitis is the most common complication of the BCG vaccine. We observed an increase in the rate of BCG lymphadenitis that coincided with the introduction of a ne...

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Main Authors: Abdulkarim Abdullah Alrabiaah, Sarah Suliman Alsubaie, Elham Issa Bukhari, Ashry Gad, Fahad Abdullah Alzamel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2012-01-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.4

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