Measles infection causing Bacillus Calmette-Guérin reactivation: a case report

• Main Authors: Sobana Muthuvelu (Author), Kev Shiau-Chong Lim (Author), Ling-Yin Huang (Author), Shi-Tying Chin (Author), Anand Mohan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Reactivation 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 in...