Accelerated Bacille Calmette-Guérin reactions: more than meets the eye

P Villanueva, NW Crawford, MG Croda, J Croda… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
An accelerated local injection site reaction following Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
vaccination has been associated with underlying active tuberculosis (TB) in high TB …

What is the significance of an accelerated BCG reaction in children?

P Villanueva, LF Pittet, C Nourse… - Archives of Disease in …, 2022 - adc.bmj.com
You are asked to review a 7-month-old infant born in Australia who was given BCG the
previous day in preparation for travel to India. Her parents have noticed a 6 mm diameter …

Diagnostic value of interferon-gamma assay in tuberculosis pericardial effusions: study on a cohort of Iranian patients

HE Koochak, S Davoudi, AS Omran… - Acta Medica …, 2013 - acta.tums.ac.ir
Tuberculosis pericarditis as a potentially fatal complication of tuberculosis requires effective
diagnosis and treatment. We evaluated the efficacy of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and …

The effects of androstenediol and dehydroepiandrosterone on the immune response to BCG at puberty

NO Kutlu, A Akıncı, E Sönmezgöz… - Journal of tropical …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
In order to assess the effects of age‐related changes of serum dehydroepiandrosterone
sulphate (DHEAS) and androstenediol (AED) concentrations on BCG vaccination …

To TST or not to TST: is tuberculin skin testing necessary before BCG immunisation in children?

N Ritz, M Tebruegge, K Camacho-Badilla… - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is one of the most commonly administered vaccines
worldwide. In countries with high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence, it is generally given shortly …

Potential utility of BCG test in excluding tuberculosis in adults

ML Mathur, S Raman - Respiratory medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
In developing countries, many sputum-negative suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
are given antituberculous medication just because tuberculosis (TB) could not be excluded …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of Diagnostic BCG and Mantoux Tests in the Early Detection of Tuberculosis in Children

KGS Mobin-ur-Rehman, SA Khan - Pak J Med Health Sci, 2012 - pjmhsonline.com
Objective: To compare the proportion of positive cases detected by BCG diagnostic and
Mantoux test in patients scoring 7 on modified Keith Edward's criteria. Patients and methods …

[引用][C] Clinical Pattern and Diagnostic Tools Used in Tuberculous Malnourished Children in Kassala Hospitals

AE Musa - University of Khartoum