Increase in Lymphadenitis Cases after Shift in BCG Vaccine Strain

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Sep;21(9):1677-9. doi: 10.3201/2109.150289.
No abstract available

Keywords: BCG; Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; Georgia; lymphadenitis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; vaccine.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Georgia (Republic) / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lymphadenitis / chemically induced
  • Lymphadenitis / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Tuberculosis / prevention & control
  • Vaccination / adverse effects

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine