BCG vaccine

BCG vaccine
BCG vaccine .bē-(.)sē-'jē- n a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis A. L. C. Calmette and C. Guérin see BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUÉRIN

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[USP] [bacille Calmette-Guйrin] a vaccine made from the Calmette-Guйrin strain of Mycobacterium bovis, which was made avirulent by culture by Calmette and Guйrin for many years on a medium enriched in beef bile; it is administered by scarification or intradermal or intracutaneous injection to tuberculin-negative individuals for prevention of tuberculosis. It is used for routine vaccination of children only in regions where there is a high incidence of tuberculosis. In the United States it is recommended only for immunization of high-risk individuals. BCG vaccine is also administered intravesically in the treatment of carcinoma of the bladder.

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