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[2 unusual manifestations of LAV-HTLV virus infection: BCGitis and pulmonary chickenpox]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 1986;42(6):310-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/87177402
Nousbaum JB; Garre M; Boles JM; Garo B; Larzul JJ

Abstract: A patient with AIDS developed local complications of BCG vaccination and disseminated chickenpox with severe pneumonia. This cas suggests that AIDS patients should not receive BCG vaccination and that adults with severe chickenpox should be investigated for LAV/HTLV III virus carriage.
Keywords: Abscess/ETIOLOGY Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult BCG Vaccine/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Case Report Chickenpox/*ETIOLOGY English Abstract Human Male Pneumonia/*ETIOLOGY Skin Diseases, Infectious/ETIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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