[A case of generalized reaction to BCG vaccine without apparent immunodeficiency and a fatal outcome (author's transl)]

R Perelman; F Danis; M Nathanson; F Lafay; J Garcia; A Fischer

[A case of generalized reaction to BCG vaccine without apparent immunodeficiency and a fatal outcome (author's transl)]

Sem Hop. 1980 Mar;56(9-10):480-3.

[Article in French]

Authors

R Perelman, F Danis, M Nathanson, F Lafay, J Garcia, A Fischer

PMID: 6244673

Abstract

No immunodeficiency could be found in a case of generalized BCG infection. The therapeutic trials were unsuccessful, and the child died at the age of 19 months.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
Humans
Immunity*
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / diagnosis*
Infant, Newborn
Male
Skin / pathology

Substances

BCG Vaccine