Papulonecrotic tuberculid after Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination with lung infiltration that mimics disseminated BCG infection

J Dermatol. 2019 Aug;46(8):e267-e268. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14819. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Authors

Tomohiro Miyamura¹, Sho Egashira¹, Yuichiro Yoshino¹, Madoka Sawatari², Takahiro Nishihara², Hironobu Ihn³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
² Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
³ Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.

PMID: 30811058
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.14819

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

BCG Vaccine / administration & dosage
BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infant
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Male
Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification
Skin / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis / prevention & control
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / etiology
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / pathology
Vaccination / adverse effects*

Substances

BCG Vaccine