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Resistant Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin disease: implications for management of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Disease in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 May 2004
Hesseling Anneke C, Schaaf Hendrik S, Victor Thomas, Beyers Nulda, Marais Ben J, Cotton Mark F, Wiid Ian, Gie Robert P, van Helden Paul, Warren Robin M
Abstract excerpt
Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) disease in children are lacking, and there are limited data on drug resistance of Mycobacterium bovis BCG. A 6-month-old HIV-infected infant presented with right axillary adenitis ipsilateral to the site of BCG immunization. M. tuberculosis complex was cultured from axillary lymph nodes and gastric aspirates, and M. bovis BCG was...
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