RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Osteomyelitis following Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 87
OP 90
VO 33
IS 1
A1 Al-Jassir, Fawzi F.
A1 Aldeeri, Riyadh A.
A1 Alsiddiky, Abdul-Monem M.
A1 Zamzam, Mohamed M.
YR 2012
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/33/1/87.abstract
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.