BCG osteomyelitis. Case report and review.
A 6-month-old boy is described presenting with BCG osteomyelitis of the distal metaphysis of the left femur extending into the epiphysis. Epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutical problems of BCG osteomyelitis after BCG vaccination in the newborn period are discussed reviewing 89 published records of this late onset complication of BCG vaccination.
D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography
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