• J. Trop. Pediatr. · Feb 2020

    Case Reports

    Osteomyelitis Caused by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination in a Healthy Toddler.

    • Gulhadiye Avcu, Zumrut Sahbudak Bal, Cengiz Cavusoglu, and Fadil Vardar.
    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
    • J. Trop. Pediatr. 2020 Feb 1; 66 (1): 103-105.

    AbstractBacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) osteomyelitis in immunocompetent children is a rare complication of BCG immunization which presents with nonspecific findings and often leads to delayed diagnosis. We report a 1-year and 10-month-old male infant with complaining of knee pain and limping for 5 months. He received surgical debridement due to suspicion of malignancy but BCG osteomyelitis of the distal femur was diagnosed with the culture of the specimens which revealed to have Mycobacterium bovis-BCG strain. He was successfully treated with antituberculous therapy lasting for 1 year.© The Author(s) [2019]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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