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BCG vaccination scars: incidence and acceptance amongst British high‐school children
Author(s) -
FANG JANE W. S.,
KO BEN M. L.,
WILSON JUDITH A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00711.x
Subject(s) - scars , medicine , incidence (geometry) , dermatology , vaccination , surgery , pediatrics , pathology , physics , optics
Summary In order to determine the incidence and acceptance of BCG scars, 287 high‐school children of different ethnic origins, in a London district, were examined for their BCG scars and interviewed for self‐appraisal of their scars 6–30 months after vaccination. BCG scars developed in a high proportion of children (89·5%). There was a female predominance among the 10·5% of children who did not develop scars (girls 12·8%, boys 5·9%, P < 0·05). Hypertrophic scars (defined as the largest diameter of scar > 13·24 mm, [i.e. 2 SD above mean]) were found in 3·11% and hypopigmented scars in 67·8% of the children and both tended to occur amongst hyperpigmented races. A high proportion of children found the scars unacceptable (23·4%), mostly girls (girls 35%, boys 7·8%, P < 0·0·004) and they showed a preference for other sites including inner aspect of arm and buttock for vaccination.