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Saudi Medical Journal. 2012; 33 (1): 87-90
in English
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ABSTRACT
Secondary complications after Bacille Calmette-Guerin [BCG] vaccination are unusual. We describe 3 immunocompetent children who developed osteomyelitis after BCG vaccination. The course of the disease is not dramatic, but marked changes are frequently visible in plain radiograph and MRI. The real-time polymerase chain reaction has an essential role to confirm the diagnosis of BCG osteomyelitis. With proper surgical intervention and chemotherapy, the prognosis is usually good