Publication: BCG lymphadenitis of a healthy infant
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2016
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Ibn Sina Trust
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This is a case of a 2-month-old infant who had suppurative lymphadenitis at left axilla after Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccination. She presented with a non-healing BCG wound and left axillary swelling associated with one-week fever at 2 months of age. Aspiration under general anaesthesia was done and pus sent for mycobacterium culture grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The patient improved without anti-tuberculosis treatment.
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Abscess, BCG, Lymphadenitis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis