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Relationship between osteomyelitis and neonatal BCG vaccination scar in children under 15 years of age
| BCG scar | No. of patients (%)
|
Total no. of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| With osteomyelitis | Without osteomyelitis | ||
| Present | 10 (7.7)a | 120 (92.3) | 130 |
| Absent | 3 (33.3)a | 6 (66.7) | 9 |
| Total | 13 | 126 | 139 |
The percentages of patients with osteomyelitis with and without BCG scars were statistically significant (P = 0.039) by Fisher's exact test.
