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

An accelerated local injection site reaction following Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination has been associated with underlying active tuberculosis (TB) in high TB-prevalence settings. The clinical significance of this accelerated BCG reaction in individuals without TB symptoms, particularly in...

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Published in:	Heliyon
Main Authors:	Paola Villanueva, Nigel W. Crawford, Mariana Garcia Croda, Julio Croda, Margareth Dalcolmo, Bruno Araújo Jardim, Tyane de Almeida Pinto Jardim, Helen Marshall, Cristina Prat-Aymerich, Alice Sawka, Ketaki Sharma, Darren Troeman, Adilia Warris, Nicholas Wood, Nicole L. Messina, Laure F. Pittet, Nigel Curtis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-07-01
Subjects:	BCG Accelerated BCG reaction BCG test Latent tuberculosis infection
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024085414