Complications of BCG vaccinations in rural Haiti.
This study investigated an outbreak of axillary lymphadenitis and abscesses after Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination among rural Haitian children treated at the Hospital Albert Schweitzer from January 1986 through March 1991. Seventy-seven cases of vaccine-related complications were identified, all among children immunized before the age of 1 year. The proportions of children with complications were 0.017% for 1986 through 1989, 0.91% for 1990, and 2.2% for January through March 1991.
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Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-6406.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems / Q000592:standards; D001365:Axilla; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population
D001500:BCG Vaccine