PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fawzi F. Al-Jassir
AU  - Riyadh A. Aldeeri
AU  - Abdul-Monem M. Alsiddiky
AU  - Mohamed M. Zamzam
TI  - Osteomyelitis following Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination
DP  - 2012 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 87--90
VI  - 33
IP  - 1
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/33/1/87.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/33/1/87.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2012 Jan 01; 33
AB  - Secondary complications after Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination are unusual. We describe 3 immunocompetent children who developed osteomyelitis after BCG vaccination. The course of the disease is not dramatic, but marked changes are frequently visible in plain radiograph and MRI. The real-time polymerase chain reaction has an essential role to confirm the diagnosis of BCG osteomyelitis. With proper surgical intervention and chemotherapy, the prognosis is usually good.