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Original Article
Conversion Rates of Tuberculin Test according to BCG Vaccination Methods
Woo Sung Kim, Chang Hwi Kim, Dong Hwan Lee, Sang Mann Shin
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(4):489-496.   Published online April 15, 1997
Purpose : Tuberculosis, a major public health problem, is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. To decline the tuberculosis morbidity rate, active BCG vaccination is performed worldwide. Recently percutaneous multiple puncture technique of BCG vaccination was introduced and used because of side effects of intradermal BCG vaccination such as scar, local ulceration, regional suppurative lymphadenitis....