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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
; 62(3): 258-60, 2014 Apr.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23344749
RESUMEN
Although osteomyelitis is a very rare complication of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination, sternal osteomyelitis as a late complication of BCG vaccination diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a child is described.We might consider BCG osteomyelitis in the case of osteomyelitis without bacterial isolation within a year after BCG vaccination, the absence of pulmonary foci, and a contact to the patient with tuberculosis.