Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980), 2010-08, Vol.56 (4), p.280-283
2010
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome due to Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin in infants receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a call for universal perinatal rapid HIV testing prior to administration of BCG immunization of neonates
- Ist Teil von
- Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980), 2010-08, Vol.56 (4), p.280-283
- Ort / Verlag
- England
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2010
- Quelle
- Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- The evidence behind the World Health Organization guidelines that BCG vaccination should not be used in HIV-infected children is compelling. We report three cases of severe BCG-associated immune reconstitution syndrome in HIV-infected infants and describe measures available in developing countries that prevent inadvertent BCG immunization in these infants.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0142-6338eISSN: 1465-3664DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp115Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_754884514
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - chemically induced, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - immunology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active - adverse effects, BCG Vaccine - adverse effects, BCG Vaccine - immunology, Female, Guidelines as Topic, HIV Infections - complications, HIV Infections - drug therapy, HIV Infections - immunology, Human immunodeficiency virus, Humans, Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - chemically induced, Immunization, Infant, Male, Mycobacterium bovis, World Health Organization