title: Management of adverse reactions to bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine.
abstract: Published reports appear to underestimate the true rate of adverse reactions to bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine. At a recent national conference on tuberculosis control among aboriginal populations, lack of awareness of what constitutes an adverse reaction was considered a possible contributing factor to underreporting. The following review defines a normal BCG response and discusses the management of complications when they occur.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Control, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Society, Ministry of Health and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. markf@interchange.ubc.ca
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: FitzGerald
mesh_terms: D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine