%0 Journal Article
%T Successful Handling of Disseminated BCG Disease in a Child with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
%A S¨Ēlvia Bacalhau
%A Cristina Freitas
%A Rosalina Valente
%A Deolinda Barata
%A Concei  o Neves
%A Katrin Sch fer
%A Annelie Lubatschofski
%A Ansgar Schulz
%A Jo o Farela Neves
%J Case Reports in Medicine
%D 2011
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2011/527569
%X In high-burden countries, Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is administered in newborn to prevent severe Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Because life-threatening disseminated BCG disease may occur in children with primary immunodeficiency, vaccination strategy against tuberculosis should be redefined in non-high-burden countries. We report the case of a patient with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) who developed disseminated BCG disease, highlighting the specific strategies adopted.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/crim/medicine/2011/527569/