ArticleBMC pediatrics2019
Measles infection causing Bacillus Calmette-Guérin reactivation: a case report.
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- BCG Scar Reactivation During Influenza Infection in the Absence of Kawasaki Disease: A Primary Care Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Bacillus Calmette-Guérin scar reactivation (BCGitis) in Kawasaki disease: a scoping review.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Reactivation of BCG vaccination SCAR after influenza vaccination: a case report.Oxford medical case reports · 2025Article
- Diagnosis, Progress, and Treatment Update of Kawasaki Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin scar: a case presentation.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Erythema and Induration of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Scar Associated With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in Japan: A Case Report.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Reactivation of BCG vaccination scars after vaccination with mRNA-Covid-vaccines: two case reports.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
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- Reactivation of BCG inoculation site in a child with febrile exanthema of 3 days duration: an early indicator of incomplete Kawasaki disease.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Expanded Scope of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine Applicability in Disease Prophylaxis, Diagnostics, and Immunotherapeutics.Infectious microbes & diseases · 2020Review
- BCG: a vaccine with multiple faces.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2020Review
- Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Site Reaction after Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA Vaccination.Indian journal of dermatologyArticle
- Bacille Calmette-Guérin: An ophthalmic perspective.Survey of ophthalmologyReview
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Abstract
backgroundReactivation of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), manifesting as erythema, induration, ulceration or crust formation at a previous BCG inoculation site, is a common and highly specific feature of Kawasaki disease (KD). We report the unusual finding of BCG reactivation in an infant with laboratory-confirmed measles. CASE PRESENTATION: A previously healthy 7-month old infant presented initially with fever, cough and coryza, and subsequently developed Koplik's spots followed by a typical morbilliform skin rash. There was significant contact history with a household relative who had recently been diagnosed with measles. On examination, a 2.5 cm area of erythema and induration was seen at the previous BCG inoculation site, in addition to the widespread maculopapular rash. No other clinical features of KD were present. Measles virus was isolated from the throat swab and measles antibodies (IgM) were present in the serum. The patient recovered completely with oral vitamin A and supportive therapy, and had normal echocardiography examination on follow up.
conclusionsThis case report highlights the rare finding of BCG reactivation in a child with confirmed measles infection, and suggests that this clinical manifestation may occasionally occur in children with infections or conditions other than KD.
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