Contraindicated BCG vaccination in "at risk" infants

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rees, Philippa ^a   Evans, Huw ^a   Panesar, Sukhmeet ^b   Llewelyn, Meirion ^c   Edwards, Adrian ^a   Carson Stevens, Andrew ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84908233271     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5388     Document Type: Letter

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