BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUÉRIN


Meaning of BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUÉRIN in English

/kal met"gay raonn", -ran"/

a weakened strain of the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, used in the preparation of BCG vaccine.

[ named after Albert L. C. Calmette (1863-1933) and Camille Guérin (1872-1961), French bacteriologists ]

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