Open AccessInadvertent intramuscular administration of high dose bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccine in a pre-term infant
Author(s) -
Asima Banu,
Eswari Loganathan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.109967
Subject(s) - medicine , intramuscular injection , vaccination , accidental , surgery , injection site , complication , bcg vaccine , anesthesia , immunology , physics , acoustics
This case report examined the natural course of reaction after accidental intramuscular administration of high dose Bacille Calmette-Guιrin (BCG) vaccine into the anterolateral aspect of thigh of a pre-term infant as a part of routine vaccination instead of intra-dermal injection into the arm. There is no consensus on the best management of this complication, although in this case healing was prolonged but was spontaneous without anti-tubercular chemotherapy.