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bacille

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bacille (bah-sēl´) [Fr.] bacillus.
bacille Calmette-Guérin  (BCG) Mycobacterium bovis rendered completely avirulent by cultivation over a long period on bile-glycerol-potato medium; see BCG vaccine.


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Interferon-[gamma]-receptor deficiency in an infant with fatal bacille Calmette-Guerin infection.
Vaccination-related Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection by Rytlewska, Marlena / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Intralesional bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine has been tried for metastatic disease.
Malignant melanoma of the mucous membranes of the head and neck: ... by Mohan, Harsh / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
BCG is shorthand for bacille Calmette-Guerin, the bacterium that bears the names of the two scientists who created the vaccine by weakening a strain of cattle tuberculosis in 1921.
Outwitting TB: enhanced vaccine protects mice in lab tests by Seppa, N. / Science News
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