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Molecular microbiological investigation of post-vaccination bacille Calmette-Guérin infection in Iranian patients.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Nov 2011
Shojaei H, Rahimi-Hajiabadi H, Heidarieh P, Hashemi-Shahraki A, Emadoleslami M, Ataei B, Naser A D
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BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for closer monitoring of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) complications with specific efforts to distinguish BCG infection from tuberculosis. OBJECTIVES: To detect the presence of BCG infection using clinical and microbiological approaches. STUDY DESIGN: Between 2006 and 2008, 32 cases, including 30 children with suspected BCG-related complications and two...
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