Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: hospital care for children: what is the evidence that BCG vaccination should not be used in HIV-infected children?

J Trop Pediatr. 2009 Apr;55(2):78-82. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmp018. Epub 2009 Mar 10.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • BCG Vaccine* / administration & dosage
  • BCG Vaccine* / adverse effects
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Contraindications
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV-1
  • Hospitalization*
  • Humans
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Risk Factors
  • Tuberculosis / complications
  • Tuberculosis / prevention & control*
  • World Health Organization

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine