A Complication of BCG Vaccine: A Case of Localized Cutaneous Abscess due to Mycobacterium bovis

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: Nathalie Lussier, Anne-Marie Bourgault, Christiane Gaudreau, Pierre Turgeon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1999-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/463250

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