Reaction at the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Inoculation Site in Patients with Kawasaki Disease

• Main Authors: Chi-Chieh Lai (Author), Pi-Chang Lee (Author), Chih-Chien Wang (Author), Be-Tau Hwang (Author), C.C. Laura Meng (Author), Ming-Chih Tsai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) reaction is not included in the classical clinical criteria for Kawasaki disease (KD). However, a reaction at the BCG inoculation site has been mentioned among the "other clinical findings" that are present in about 30-50% of KD patients. The objective o...