Dactylitis due to accidental needle-stick injury with a BCG-loaded syringe
E Chochliourou1, A Pyrpasopoulou2, E Gouridou3
1Third Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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