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354316

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
A 6-year-old girl developed progressive symptoms of increased intracranial pressure starting 5 months after BCG vaccination. Thirteen months later craniotomy revealed an epithelioid cell granuloma of the arachnoid occluding the foramen of Magendie. No tubercle bacilli were found on histological examination. Insertion of a Pudenz shunt relieved the symptoms. Six months later generalized BCG infection developed, and in spite of treatment with ethambutol, rifampicin and isoniazid for 10 weeks, death occurred during an episode of increased intracranial pressure. Mycobacterium BCG could be cultured from several organs. The patient showed no obvious evidence of immuno-deficiency as judged on the basis of previous disease history, particle concentration of granulocytes, B and T lymphocytes in peripheral blood, concentration of immunoglobulins in serum, response of lymphocytes to transformation with mitogens and antigens, and histological findings in the thymus and BCG granulomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0001-656X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
519-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Fatal BCG infection in an immunocompetent girl.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports