From: Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infections in infants with immunodeficiency
Neonates who have |
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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 |