THE ESSENTIAL
- Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by a mycobacterium.
- It is transmitted through the air to both children and adults.
It is a medical error for the moment without serious consequences, but which is still the subject of a complaint. According l’Uniona baby would have been injected with 20 times the recommended dose of the vaccine once morest tuberculosis.
Abscess
The facts took place on June 23, in Charleville-Mézières, in the Ardennes. Both parents went to a mother and child protection (PMI) to have their child vaccinated once morest tuberculosis. The doctor in charge of the injection would then have made a mistake in the doses, transferring into the body of the child an astronomical quantity of serum.
Immediately realizing their mistake, the health professional then advised the couple to monitor their child’s state of health closely for several weeks and to ensure that an abscess did not form at the site. injection. For now, the baby has no sequelae, but his parents have still decided to file a complaint once morest the doctor.
BCG
The tuberculosis vaccine (BCG) is no longer compulsory in France, but remains recommended for children living in Île-de-France, Guyana and Mayotte, or those with a family history of tuberculosis. It can be done in a mother and child protection center (PMI), without advance payment.
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