An infant with asymptomatic hepatic granuloma probably caused by bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination found incidentally at autopsy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis. Usually, systemic complications due to BCG vaccination are quite rare. However, since BCG is a live vaccine, there is still a possibility that it may cause an infection. CASE PRESENTATION: Hepatic granuloma...

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Autores principales: Tajima, Yutaka, Takagi, Rie, Nakajima, Tamiko, Kominato, Yoshihiko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2615765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19019255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-337

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