Recurrent soft tissue infections after accidental inoculation with BCG vaccine

Complications after BCG vaccine (bacilli Calmette-Guérin) occur rarely. They can reach from a local acute abscess to chronic ulceration's. Therapeutically concepts of these complications range from conservative to operative treatment. In the following case history recurrent soft tissue infectio...

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Published in:Der Unfallchirurg 1998-08, Vol.101 (8), p.658
Main Authors: Pinocy, J, Eingartner, C, Ruck, P, Weise, K
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Antitubercular Agents - administration & dosage
BCG Vaccine - adverse effects
Combined Modality Therapy
Debridement
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium bovis
Needlestick Injuries - pathology
Needlestick Injuries - surgery
Occupational Diseases - pathology
Occupational Diseases - surgery
Recurrence
Skin - pathology
Soft Tissue Infections - pathology
Soft Tissue Infections - surgery
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous - pathology
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous - surgery
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Summary:Complications after BCG vaccine (bacilli Calmette-Guérin) occur rarely. They can reach from a local acute abscess to chronic ulceration's. Therapeutically concepts of these complications range from conservative to operative treatment. In the following case history recurrent soft tissue infections occurred after accidental inoculation with BCG vaccine. The time course of these recurrent infections with its therapeutic options is discussed and a treatment strategy is suggested. Currently, radical excision combined with antituberculotic treatment seems to be the most promising therapy of this specific soft tissue infection.
ISSN:0177-5537