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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Autores principales: Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim Abdullah, Alsubaie, Sarah Suliman, Bukhari, Elham Issa, Gad, Ashry, Alzamel, Fahad Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2012
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6087637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22156633
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6087637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22156633
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.4

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