title: Fulminant BCG Disease in a 7 Month Old Healthy Male Infant.
abstract: A seven month old healthy male infant was brought with papular skin lesions all over the body, which became ulcerative with increasing fever and redness within 1 week duration. On examination, Bacilli Calmette Guerin (BCG) scar was ulcerated with discharge; infant was irritable with tachycardia and tachypnea. Investigations revealed pancytopenia, and acid fast bacilli was positive in skin lesions and at BCG scar site. There was progressive worsening of infant's condition, culminating in death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Puducherry-6, India.
authors.forename: Shreya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Puducherry-6, India.
authors.forename: Vasanthan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tanigasalam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Puducherry-6, India narayanan.p@jipmer.edu.in.
authors.forename: Narayanan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Parameswaran
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Puducherry-6, India.
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Puducherry-6, India.
authors.forename: Reena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, JIPMER, Puducherry-6, India.
authors.forename: Noyal Maria
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, JIPMER, Puducherry-6, India.
authors.forename: Laxmisha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chandrashekar
mesh_terms: D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011859:Radiography; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine
keywords: BCG; disseminated; fulminant; tuberculosis.