Bacillus Calmette-Guérin

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (or Bacille Calmette-Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially cultured in an artificial medium for years. The bacilli have retained enough strong antigenicity to become a somewhat effective vaccine for the prevention of human tuberculosis. At bes... more

Also known as:

  • Bacillus Calmette-Guerin,
  • BCG,
  • Bacille Calmette-Guérin

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Infectious Disease:

ATC Code:

  • J07AN01
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