We report on a case of inadvertent intramuscular injection of BCG vaccine into an already tuberculin-sensitive individual which resulted in a severe and prolonged local reaction. There is no consensus on the best management of this complication, although in this case healing appeared to be hastened by anti-tuberculous chemotherapy.
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