TY - JOUR T1 - Caseating regional lymphadenitis complicating BCG vaccination: a report of 6 cases. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 952 LP - 954 DO - 10.1136/adc.57.12.952 VL - 57 IS - 12 AU - P K Tam AU - A B Stroebel AU - H Saing AU - J T Lau AU - G B Ong Y1 - 1982/12/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/57/12/952.abstract N2 - Six infants had caseating regional lymphadenitis complicating BCG vaccination. There was a delayed onset and a lack of immediate vaccination complications. Three infants had frank abscesses. Additional affected nodes undetected clinically were found at operation in all cases. All lymph nodes contained tubercles, 3 showing acid-fast bacilli, 2 of which grew Mycobacterium bovis. Complete excision followed by antiuberculous chemotherapy produced satisfactory results. ER -