Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine

a VACCINE named after the two French bacteriologists who first introduced it in France in 1908. It is used as a vaccine against TUBERCULOSIS , usually administered intradermally, and complications are rare. A pre-vaccination test is applied to all save the newborn and vaccination is given to those showing a negative result. Vaccination is usually given to: schoolchildren aged 10 to 14, to childern of Asian origin (because tuberculosis has a high incidence in this ethnic group), health workers and others.