The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2014 , Vol 56 , Num 6
Overdose and Intramuscular Administration of Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccine in a 2-Month-Old Infant
1Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, 2Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases,
Department of Pediatrics, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey. E-mail: gunizyasoz@yahoo.com
The Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is used against tuberculosis.
According to the vaccination program in Turkey, DaBT-Hib-IPV (diphtheriapertussis
[acellular]-tetanus-haemophilus influenza type b-inactive polio
vaccine), PVC13 (pneumoccocal conjugate vaccine) and BCG vaccines are given
simultaneously to all 2-months-old infants, using different administration
techniques. We report a 2-month-old infant who received an overdose and
intramuscular BCG vaccine instead of DaBT-Hib-IPV. The patient was treated
with isoniazid for six months and developed no complications during a oneyear
follow-up period.
Keywords :
infant, overdose and intramuscular BCG vaccine.