Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated patients

Sanath P. Lamabadusuriya; Padma Keembiyehetty; Tamara Pathirana

doi:10.1093/tropej/38.3.124

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated patients

Sanath P. Lamabadusuriya^*
, Padma Keembiyehetty
, Tamara Pathirana

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Summary: Six patients with extra pulmonary tuberculosis who presented within a 2-year period to the Paediatric Department of the Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka, are presented. In spite of the BCG vaccination being given to all of them at birth, five patients subsequently developed miliary tuberculosis and one patient bone tuberculosis. The likely reasons for failure of BCG vaccination to prevent extra-pulmonary complications developing are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-126
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/38.3.124
Publication status	Published - Jun 1992
Externally published	Yes

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Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated patients

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