1987
DOI: 10.1007/bf02976418
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Tuberculosis in a children’s hospital

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“…There was also evidence of benefit reported by the Eastern Health Board BCG Committee [21] and by JOHNSON [25], using analysis based on hospital in-patient enquiry discharge reports. Other reports of mini-epidemics of tuberculosis in the paediatric population [26,27] in Ireland, while not specifically addressing the value of BCG, do show that more cases of tuberculosis occurred and also that tuberculous meningitis may have been more common in those who had not received vaccination. One report of a school outbreak of tuberculosis in the south of Ireland does not give sufficient data to draw any conclusion about the influence of BCG, but the authors felt that it had not been helpful [28].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…There was also evidence of benefit reported by the Eastern Health Board BCG Committee [21] and by JOHNSON [25], using analysis based on hospital in-patient enquiry discharge reports. Other reports of mini-epidemics of tuberculosis in the paediatric population [26,27] in Ireland, while not specifically addressing the value of BCG, do show that more cases of tuberculosis occurred and also that tuberculous meningitis may have been more common in those who had not received vaccination. One report of a school outbreak of tuberculosis in the south of Ireland does not give sufficient data to draw any conclusion about the influence of BCG, but the authors felt that it had not been helpful [28].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%