Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-related cold thigh abscess as an unusual cause of thigh swelling in infants following BCG vaccine administration: a case series

INTRODUCTION: Thigh swelling in an infant can be a symptom of a simple benign condition or a life-threatening condition. We observed a cluster of thigh swelling episodes in infants in which the cause was Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-related cold thigh abscess. We report this unusual case series to raise...

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Autores principales: Al Namshan, Mohammad, Oda, Omar, Almaary, Jameela, Al Jadaan, Saud, Crankson, Stanley, Al Banyan, Esam, Al Shaalan, Mohammad, Zamakhshary, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21939535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-472

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21939535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-472

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