bacille Calmette-Guйrin

bacille Calmette-Guйrin
(BCG) an organism of the strain Mycobacterium bovis, rendered completely avirulent by cultivation for many years on bile-glycerol-potato medium. The strain, commonly called BCG, is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. See also BCG vaccine, under vaccine.

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