Needle aspiration for suppurative post-BCG adenitis.
The effect of needle aspiration in suppurative post-BCG adenitis was studied. Nodes that had been aspirated (43 patients) regressed in 25 (58%) and 41 (95%) patients two and six months after aspiration. In the control group (34 patients) regression occurred in three (9%) and 22 (65%) patients. Spontaneous drainage with sinus tract formation was also significantly less in the aspirated group at six months (7% v 44%).
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
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D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013492:Suppuration / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control
D001500:BCG Vaccine