
BCG vaccine
The Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis. It is named after its inventors Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin. In countries where tuberculosis or leprosy is... Wikipedia
- Target disease: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Type: Attenuated virus
- Trade names: BCG Vaccine, BCG Vaccine AJV
- AHFS/Drugs.com: Professional Drug Facts
- data: US DailyMed: BCG_Vaccine
- Routes of, administration: Percutaneous, intravesical, intradermal
- Legal status: AU: S4 (Prescription only), CA: ℞-only / Schedule D, UK: POM (Prescription only), US: ℞-only, Rx-only
- ATC code: J07AN01 (WHO) L03AX03 (WHO)
- DrugBank: DB12768
- ChemSpider: none
- UNII: 8VJE55B0VG, 5H5854UBMZ
- KEGG: D03063, D06466
- Data source: DuckDuckGo