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Inadvertent Intramuscular Administration of High Dose Bacillus Calmette Guerin Vaccine in a Pre-term Infant
Asima Banu1, Eswari Loganathan2
1Department of Microbiology, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Abstract:
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.

