Conservative treatment of a BCG osteomyelitis of the femur.
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 52 (4) , 330-331
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.52.4.330
Abstract
A 3 yr old boy presented with an osteolytic lesion and periosteal reaction in the distal metaphysis of the right femur which failed to respond to immobolization and intensive antibiotic treatment. Since the infection seemed to be of low virulence and fewer than 4 yr elapsed since BCG vaccination, BCG osteomyelitis was suspected. Tuberculostatic treatment led to rapid recovery and surgical measures were unnecessary.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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