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Table 1 BCG vaccine is contraindicated in

From: Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infections in infants with immunodeficiency

Neonates who have

 Lymphopenia, neutropenia, congenital anemia, or pancytopenia

 Illness of undetermined etiology

 Immunosuppressive infection (e.g., HIV or CMV)

 Conceivable need for organ transplant (e.g., bone marrow transplantation)

 Conceivable need for immunosuppressive therapy (e.g., steroid)

 Conceivable need for cytotoxic therapy (e.g., in the presence of a tumor)

Neonates with any family members who have

 Known or suspected immunodeficiency (including familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis‎)

 BCG-associated complications (including suppurative adenitis)

 Lymphopenia or pancytopenia due to an inherited hematologic disorder

 Frequent infections or any serious health condition of unknown cause

 History of death in infancy of an undetermined cause

 Household where an index case of TB is suspected or confirmed