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| Barouni,A.S.; Augusto,C.; Queiroz,M.V.N.P.; Lopes,M.T.P.; Zanini,M.S.; Salas,C.E.. |
| Large-scale vaccination with BCG, the live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is being adopted around the world, although sporadic complications have occurred after the procedure. Lymphadenopathy is not uncommon especially in babies under one year (0.73% of vaccinated infants), but the swelling subsides within 2 months in most cases, with no medical or surgical treatment. Brazil adopted BCG vaccination program earlier in the seventies and by 1995 more than 96% of the infant population received this immunization. We report here the occurrence of lymphadenopathy in a two-year-old child vaccinated with the Brazilian BCG strain. The diagnosis was made using a lymph node biopsy and intestinal aspirates that yielded a positive mycobacterial culture. The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG); Vaccination; Polymerase chain reaction; Lymphadenopathy; Antibiotic resistance. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000500011 |
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