[Osteomyelitis following BCG vaccination]. 1986

W F Beyer, and H Kühn, and M Runt

Typical for the case history of a patient with the very rare vaccination-induced osteomyelitis is a relatively long interval between the BCG-vaccination and the initial clinical symptoms. The course of the disease is undramatic. Pronounced changes are frequently visible in x-rays and, with proper surgical and tuberculostatic therapy, the prognosis is good as well. The morphological changes in cases of BCG-osteomyelitis cannot be distinguished from those caused by tuberculosis. The same causal factors as for other possible BCG-complications are considered pathogenically significant for its development, perhaps as a result of a local trauma, too. When a BCG-osteomyelitis is suspected clinically, a curettage of the affected bone tissue is indicated for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes. A cause of BCG-osteomyelitis, diagnosed in a three-year-old girl, was described causally in detail.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010019 Osteomyelitis INFLAMMATION of the bone as a result of infection. It may be caused by a variety of infectious agents, especially pyogenic (PUS - producing) BACTERIA. Osteomyelitides
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004359 Drug Therapy, Combination Therapy with two or more separate preparations given for a combined effect. Combination Chemotherapy,Polychemotherapy,Chemotherapy, Combination,Combination Drug Therapy,Drug Polytherapy,Therapy, Combination Drug,Chemotherapies, Combination,Combination Chemotherapies,Combination Drug Therapies,Drug Polytherapies,Drug Therapies, Combination,Polychemotherapies,Polytherapies, Drug,Polytherapy, Drug,Therapies, Combination Drug
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000995 Antitubercular Agents Drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They are divided into two main classes: "first-line" agents, those with the greatest efficacy and acceptable degrees of toxicity used successfully in the great majority of cases; and "second-line" drugs used in drug-resistant cases or those in which some other patient-related condition has compromised the effectiveness of primary therapy. Anti-Tuberculosis Agent,Anti-Tuberculosis Agents,Anti-Tuberculosis Drug,Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs,Antitubercular Agent,Antitubercular Drug,Tuberculostatic Agent,Tuberculostatic Agents,Antitubercular Drugs,Agent, Anti-Tuberculosis,Agent, Antitubercular,Agent, Tuberculostatic,Anti Tuberculosis Agent,Anti Tuberculosis Agents,Anti Tuberculosis Drug,Anti Tuberculosis Drugs,Drug, Anti-Tuberculosis,Drug, Antitubercular
D001500 BCG Vaccine An active immunizing agent and a viable avirulent attenuated strain of MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS, which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections. It is used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity. Bacillus Calmette Guerin Vaccine,Calmette Guerin Bacillus Vaccine,Calmette's Vaccine,Calmette Vaccine,Calmettes Vaccine,Vaccine, BCG,Vaccine, Calmette's
D013628 Talus The second largest of the TARSAL BONES. It articulates with the TIBIA and FIBULA to form the ANKLE JOINT. Astragalus Bone,Os Trigonum,Astragalus Bones,Bone, Astragalus,Bones, Astragalus

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