BCG vaccine: Efficacy and indications for vaccination and revaccination

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Barreto, Mauricio L ^a   Pereira, Susan M ^a   Ferreira, Arlan A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BCG scar; BCG vaccine; Protective efficacy; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; PLACEBO; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BCG VACCINATION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION SITE HYPERTROPHY; INJECTION SITE ULCER; LEPROSY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; OSTEITIS; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVACCINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; BRAZIL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VACCINATION;

EID: 33750526242     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1499     Document Type: Review

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