bacillus Calmette-Guerin
(redirected from Bacillus Calmette Guérin)bacillus Cal·mette-Gué·rin
(kăl-mĕt′gā-răn′, käl-mĕt′gā-răN′)n. Abbr. BCG
An attenuated strain of tubercle bacillus grown in repeated cultures on medium containing bile and used in tuberculosis vaccines. Also called bacille Calmette-Guérin.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.