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BCG Vaccine

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Definition: An active immunizing agent and a viable avirulent attenuated strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, var. bovis, which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections. It is used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity.  BCG vaccination in prev of tuberc   
Pharmacological Action Adjuvants, Immunologic 		Other names Calmette Guerin Bacillus Vaccine; Bacillus Calmette Guerin Vaccine; Vaccine, Calmette's; Vaccine, BCG; Calmettes Vaccine; Calmette Vaccine; Calmette's Vaccine
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
rBCG85C vaccine  0   *BCG Vaccine. PLoS ONE 2008;3(12):e3869
Rv3109c vaccine  0   *BCG Vaccine Vaccines, Subunit. Vaccine 2005 Apr 8;23(20):2557-64
eurocrine L3  0   *BCG Vaccine Vaccines, Inactivated. Vaccine 2004 Mar 29;22(11-12):1498-508
BCG Connaught  0   *BCG Vaccine. Neoplasma 1994;41(1):25-7
methanol extraction residue (MER) tubercle bacillus fraction  0   *BCG Vaccine Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Pharma Action Adjuvants, Immunologic ; Antineoplastic Agents 		Cell Immunol 19(2):381;1975; Curr Studies Std Probl Clin Pathol Hematol Radiother Hodgkin Dis W3 EX89 no.348:181;1974; Immunol Commun 4(6):565;1975; Infect Immun 12(6):1325;1975
tuberculin-active protein, Mycobacterium  0   *Bacterial Proteins *Peptides *Tuberculin BCG Vaccine Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 109(6):594;1974

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