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We describe a full-term immunocompetent neonate who developed jaundice at 3 weeks of age. Physical examination disclosed no abnormalitics. Laboratory investigations showed direct reacting hyperbilirubinaemia and elevated liver enzymes. Liver biopsy revealed a noncaseating granulomatous hepatitis. The patient made an uneventful recovery within 4 weeks without therapy. Bacille Calmette-Guérin hypersensitivity reaction is suggested as the reason for this neonatal hepatitis.
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Abbreviations
- BCG:
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Bacille Calmette-Guérin
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Simma, B., Dietze, O., Vogel, W. et al. Bacille Calmette-Guérin — associated neonatal hepatitis. Eur J Pediatr 150, 423–424 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02093724
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