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Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (Bcg) Lymphadenitis: Changing Trends And Management, Zafar Nazir, Saqib Hamid Qazi
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (Bcg) Lymphadenitis: Changing Trends And Management, Zafar Nazir, Saqib Hamid Qazi
Section of Paediatric Surgery
Background: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is performed as a part of expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI). Suppurative lymphadenitis is the common complication of BCG vaccination. The optimum treatment for this complication is debated.
Methods: All cases of BCG lymphadenitis presenting to pediatric surgical service over a 17-year study period were reviewed to determine the optimum treatment for this problem.
Results: Sixty children were referred for the management of BCG lymphadenitis during the study period. Most patients (n=43) presented during 1988 and 1990. Children were healthy and received BCG (Pasteur strain) vaccination at EPI during first 2 months of life. Initially …