Clinical development in the children after BCG immunization

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted among 400 children with age of 1-90 days who were healthy at birth without acute disease during Aug-Oct, 2000. The children were BCG immunization, 0.05 mmg 286A seri by Nha Trang vaccine institute in Oct, 1998. The result of study Symptoms of the children after BCG immunization included fever in the first day after BCG immunization (0.3%), physical strength of the children developed in normal progress (increasing average 2.7  0.9 kg during 3 months), 0.75% of the children had lymph nodes in left arm with average size 2.5 cm. The nodes disappeared after 3 months without any treatment. 10.5% of the children had diarrhea, bronchitis. At the location of BCG injection 6.3% of the children without any symptoms. 11.2% of them had red node only. After 2 months of injection, ulcer 82.5%. It developed a scar during 2 weeks with diameter 2.29  0.82 mm.