Complications of BCG vaccinations in rural Haiti

Am J Public Health. 1993 Apr;83(4):583-5. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.4.583.

Abstract

This study investigated an outbreak of axillary lymphadenitis and abscesses after Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination among rural Haitian children treated at the Hospital Albert Schweitzer from January 1986 through March 1991. Seventy-seven cases of vaccine-related complications were identified, all among children immunized before the age of 1 year. The proportions of children with complications were 0.017% for 1986 through 1989, 0.91% for 1990, and 2.2% for January through March 1991.

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / chemically induced
  • Abscess / epidemiology*
  • Abscess / pathology
  • Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems / standards
  • Axilla*
  • BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • BCG Vaccine / supply & distribution
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Haiti / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lymphadenitis / chemically induced
  • Lymphadenitis / epidemiology*
  • Lymphadenitis / pathology
  • Male
  • Risk Factors
  • Rural Population

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine