PMID: 9552189Apr 29, 1998Paper

In support of bacillus of Calmette and Guérin for healthcare workers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
A W Jenney, D W Spelman

Abstract

Although widely used outside the United States, bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (BCG) immunization generally is given scant consideration in the US literature. We believe that the recent resurgence of tuberculosis, including multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, is a compelling argument for the use of BCG in healthcare workers and that BCG given to those at risk of exposure could be more effective than routine tuberculin skin testing and isoniazid prophylaxis

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