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Case Reports
. 1982 Aug;58(682):496-7.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.682.496.

Polyneuritis following BCG re-vaccination

D Katznelson, S Gross, J Sack
Case Reports

Polyneuritis following BCG re-vaccination

D Katznelson et al. Postgrad Med J. 1982 Aug.

Abstract

A 12-year-old healthy, tuberculin negative boy was re-vaccinated with BCG. Nine days later symmetrical polyneuritis developed in all extremities. The tuberculin test was now strongly positive. It is suggested that the polyneuritis was due to a hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the BCG re-vaccination.

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