A Complication of BCG Vaccine: A Case of Localized Cutaneous Abscess due toMycobacterium bovis | Zendy

Nathalie Lussier | Zendy; Anne–Marie Bourgault | Zendy; Christiane Gaudreau | Zendy; Pierre Turgeon | Zendy

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A Complication of BCG Vaccine: A Case of Localized Cutaneous Abscess due toMycobacterium bovis

Author(s) -

Nathalie Lussier,

Anne–Marie Bourgault,

Christiane Gaudreau,

Pierre Turgeon

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/1999/463250

Subject(s) - mycobacterium bovis , medicine , abscess , mycobacterium tuberculosis , vaccination , tuberculosis , stain , microbiology and biotechnology , bcg vaccine , inoculation , mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , complication , virology , immunology , surgery , pathology , biology , staining

The attenuated bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is administered to prevent tuberculosis. Complications of vaccination are uncommon. A case of cutaneous abscess due to BCG is presented in a 24-year-old woman. The abscess developed at the inoculation site four weeks after vaccination. Routine Gram stain and bacterial cultures of the pus were negative. The auramine stain was positive. Mycobacterial cultures were positive after 14 and 18 days, using the BACTEC 12B bottle and Löwenstein-Jensen media, respectively. The mycobacteria were identified as Mycobacterium bovis, vaccinal strain by high-performance liquid chromatography and DNA probe assays.

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