Fatal BCG vaccination.
A female baby 7 weeks of age developed a fatal tuberculous disease following BCG vaccination. The infant had Swiss type agammaglobulinaemia, associated with oral thrush, pneumonitis, umbilical infection and chronic enteritis not responding to any treatment. Post mortem revealed an aplasia of the thymus, hypoplasia of the lymph system, miliary tuberculous foci in the lymph nodes, liver and spleen.
D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000002:abnormalities; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000002:abnormalities; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*
D001500:BCG Vaccine