Calmette

Cal·mette

(kahl-met'),

Leon A., French bacteriologist, 1863-1933. See: bacille Calmette-Guérin, bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine, Calmette test, Calmette-Guérin bacillus, Calmette-Guérin vaccine.

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In 2013, 8,842 deliveries were recorded at Calmette hospital, including 6,243 vaginal deliveries (70.6%), and 2,599 caesarean deliveries (29.4%).

Reasons for routine episiotomy: a mixed-methods study in a large maternity hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The new vaccine was developed to act as a booster to Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG), currently the only TB vaccine available.

New tuberculosis vaccine developed

tuberculosis with an innocuous primary infection due to bacilli of Calmette and Guerin which activates the host cell mediated immunity.

Extensive osteomyelitis of humerus following bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination

Four of these five groups were injected 0.5 mg Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) once a week for six weeks.

Preliminary Evidence for Curative Effect of BCG on Chemically Induced Carcinoma of Mammary Gland of Female Albino Rat

Calmette Hospital, the capital's main medical facility, was filled to capacity with bodies as well as patients, some of whom had to be treated in hallways.

Festival turns fatal

High grade superficial (G3T1) transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder treated with intravesical Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG).

Management of bladder transitional cell carcinoma in stage T1G3 / T1G3 evresindeki degisici epitel hucreli mesane kanserinin tedavisi

He was taken to Calmette hospital in Phnom Penh, a Cambodian state hospital, at 3 a.m.

Leader of Cambodia's ruling party is in hospital in Singapore

A meta-analysis of the effect of Bacille Calmette Guerin vaccination on tuberculin skin test measurements.

How should we manage a patient with a positive PPD and prior BCG vaccination?

Unfortunately, TWC's local director for the city of Brussels turned out to be Jean-Francis Calmette, who both trained and armed members of the Westland New Post.

Inman's friends and other enemies

Socheat was released from intensive care at Phnom Penh's Calmette Hospital on Wednesday, he said.

Kampong Thom ranger hacked in forest attack

The current vaccine called Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) was developed in 1921 and is given routinely to babies in countries with high rates of TB to prevent severe disease.