Zdorovʹe Rebenka (Feb 2015)

Results of the Monitoring for BCG Vaccination Complications

  • S.M. Liepshina,
  • L.V. Skripka,
  • Ye.V. Tishchenko,
  • N.S. Skripka,
  • Ye.I. Yurovskaia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22141/2224-0551.1.60.2015.75008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1.60
pp. 160 – 162

Abstract

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BCG vaccination remains relevant because of the tense epidemiological situation on tuberculosis in Ukraine. BCG vaccines are safe, but when they are used, there is a risk of complications. In the Donetsk region, from 2004 to 2008 the proportion of complications after immunization did not exceed 0.09 %, from 2008 to 2012 their growth was marked up to 0.6 %. It was found that it was associated with the use of BCG vaccine manufactured by Statens Serum Institut (Denmark). In 2008, cases of BCG-induced osteitis on BCG and BCG-M vaccine (strain BCG-1, Russian Federation) were detected firstly in the region, earlier such cases were considered as bone tuberculosis.

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