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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.
bacille [bah-sēl]
bacille Calmette-Guērin (BCG) Mycobacterium bovis that has been rendered completely avirulent by cultivation over a long period on bile-glycerol-potato medium. See also bcg vaccine and BCG solution.
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The tuberculosis epidemic may be thriving because of this pool of carriers, despite the fact that we all get shots of BCG or Bacille Calmette- GuE[umlaut]rin vaccine as young infants.
THOUGHT YOU HAD NO TRACE OF TB GERM? THINK AGAIN by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
Byline: ANI Geneva, July 1 (ANI): HIV-infected infants are at risk of contracting a deadly form of tuberculosis from the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, instead of receiving protection against the disease, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO says TB vaccine too risky for HIV-infected infants by Asian News International
BCG stands for Bacille Calmette-Guerin and is named after the French developers of the vaccine.
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