Sternal osteomyelitis and scrofuloderma due to BCG vaccination

BCG vaccine has been used for nearly 100 years in the prevention of tuberculosis. The case of a 13 month-old girl vaccinated as a newborn with BCG is described as presenting a sternal mass with associated periostic erosion. The mass was resected, and histopathological examination revealed a chronic...

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2003

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Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23529

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https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23529

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Bacterial DNA
BCG vaccine
Article
Case report
Female
Genetics
Human
Infant
Isolation and purification
Microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Osteomyelitis
Pathology
Polymerase chain reaction
Skin tuberculosis
Sternum
Tuberculous arthritis
Vaccination
BCG Vaccine
Female
Humans
Infant
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Osteomyelitis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sternum
Vaccination
Bacterial
Cutaneous
Osteoarticular
DNA
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis

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