Case Report: BCG-Triggered Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Infant With X-Linked Recessive Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease Due to a Variant of Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Case Report: BCG-Triggered Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Infant With X-Linked Recessive Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease Due to a Variant of Chronic Granulomatous Disease

In the United Arab Emirates, BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) is administered to all newborns. We present here a young infant with an inborn error of immunity (IEI) who developed fatal adverse events to this live-attenuated vaccine. This male infant received BCG (Serum Institute of India Pvt., Ltd., I...

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Main Authors: Suleiman Al-Hammadi, Amal M. Yahya, Abdulla Al-Amri, Amar Shibli, Ghazala B. Balhaj, Mohamed I. Tawil, Ranjit Vijayan, Abdul-Kader Souid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
BCG disease
vaccines
tuberculosis
immunodeficiency
inborn error of immunity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.687538/full

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