BCG induced lupus vulgaris: an unexpected adverse event

Arch Dis Child. 2018 Jan;103(1):71-72. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312338. Epub 2017 Mar 11.

Authors

Elaine Pace Spadaro¹, John Xuereb Dingli², Rainer Doffinger³, Kumararatne Dinakantha³, Alexandra Betts⁴, David Pace¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.
² Gozo General Hospital, Gozo, Malta.
³ Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Department of Histopathology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.

PMID: 28285273
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312338

No abstract available

Keywords: BCG vaccine; granulomatous-inflammation; interferon-gamma-interleukin-12 deficiency; lupus vulgaris.