Injection site abscess due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis following DPT vaccination

Dixit, R.; Dixit, K.; Patil, C.B.; Pawar, K.S.

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis 61(3): 246-249

2014


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5707
PMID: 25241575
Document Number: 675929
Injection site abscesses are not so uncommon and usually bacterial in origin. Very occasionally, these are due to mycobacteria, particularly rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rarely implicated as a cause of injection site abscess as documented in this report following DPT vaccination. Various possible mechanisms for such an unusual event are also briefly explored.

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