Journal article
Treating BCG‐induced disease in children
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bacillus Calmette-Guerín (BCG) is a live attenuated vaccine to prevent tuberculosis, routinely administered at birth as part of the World Health Organization global expanded immunisation programme. Given intradermally, it can cause adverse reactions, including local, regional, distant and disseminated manifestations that may cause parental distress. Rarely, it can cause serious illness and even death. Among those patients with …
Authors
Cuello‐García CA; Pérez‐Gaxiola G; Gutiérrez CJ
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2019, No. 1,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd008300.pub2
ISSN
1361-6137