A Complication of BCG Vaccine: A Case of Localized Cutaneous Abscess due to Mycobacterium bovis
The attenuated bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is administered to prevent tuberculosis. Complications of vaccination are uncommon. A case of cutaneous abscess due to BCG is presented in a 24-year-old woman. The abscess developed at the inoculation site four weeks after vaccination. Routine Gra...
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1999-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/463250 |
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