Abstract
To this day, tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant global health burden. The World Health Organization’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) recommends the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for infants to protect against the haematogenous spread of primary TB and other more severe types of TB infection. We report an eight-month-old boy who presented to the Armed Forces Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in 2015 with a one-month history of intermittent fever associated with a limited range of motion in the right hip area. He was up-to-date with his EPI vaccinations and had no history of exposure to individuals with TB infections. He was initially treated for bacterial septic arthritis; however, a GeneXpert TB assay revealed the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, BCG strain. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first documented case from Oman of a child with TB hip osteomyelitis due to a BCG vaccination.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.2017.17.03.019
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 17(3), 358-362
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Al-Azri, M. S., Manarang, J., & Yaqoub (2025). Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine-Induced Tuberculous Hip Osteomyelitis in an Infant: Case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 17(3), 358-362. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2017.17.03.019
MLA 9
Al-Azri, Mohammed S., et al. "Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine-Induced Tuberculous Hip Osteomyelitis in an Infant: Case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, 2025, pp. 358-362. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2017.17.03.019.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Azri, Mohammed S., Jazel Manarang, and Yaqoub. 2025. "Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine-Induced Tuberculous Hip Osteomyelitis in an Infant: Case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 17 (3): 358-362. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2017.17.03.019.
Harvard
Al-Azri, M. S., Manarang, J. and Yaqoub (2025) 'Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine-Induced Tuberculous Hip Osteomyelitis in an Infant: Case report', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 17(3), pp. 358-362. doi:10.18295/squmj.2017.17.03.019.
Vancouver
Al-Azri MS, Manarang J, Yaqoub. Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine-Induced Tuberculous Hip Osteomyelitis in an Infant: Case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;17(3):358-362. doi:10.18295/squmj.2017.17.03.019
IEEE
M. S. Al-Azri, J. Manarang, and Yaqoub, "Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine-Induced Tuberculous Hip Osteomyelitis in an Infant: Case report," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 358-362, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.2017.17.03.019.