Acute tenosynovitis following an accidental injection of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in a health care worker: A case report

• Main Authors: Mieko Tokano (Author), Norihito Tarumoto (Author), Kazuo Imai (Author), Takuya Sekine (Author), Yasuto Omura (Author), Kosuke Uehara (Author), Shigefumi Maesaki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Case: A 36-year-old female healthcare worker with no past medical history, accidentally injected her flexed right middle finger with live attenuated Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Swelling and erythema around the injured area appeared two days after the needlestick inj...