Refractory osteomyelitis caused by bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination: a case report.
A male infant, 1 and a half years old, was affected with bacille Calmette-Guérin osteomyelitis of the left tibia. The gyrB DNA direct sequencing, followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism of genomic DNA from a biopsy sample of the lesion, made diagnosis rapid.
Funato
Michinori
M
Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. mfunato@mac.com
Kaneko
Hideo
H
Matsui
Eiko
E
Teramoto
Takahide
T
Kato
Zenichiro
Z
Fukao
Toshiyuki
T
Okusu
Kiyofumi
K
Kondo
Naomi
N
D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000235:genetics*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D017471:Receptors, Interferon / Q000235:genetics; D000096743:Interferon gamma Receptor
D001500:BCG Vaccine; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D000096743:Interferon gamma Receptor