- bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine
- <pharm> ■ BCG-Impfstoff m
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bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine
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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin — (or Bacille Calmette Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis , that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially… … Wikipedia
bacillus Calmette-Guerin — bacillus Cal·mette Gué·rin .kal met (.)gā ran, ran n an attenuated strain of tubercle bacillus developed by repeated culture on a medium containing bile and used in preparation of tuberculosis vaccines called also bacille Calmette Guérin compare… … Medical dictionary
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin — Das Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) ist ein von den Franzosen Albert Calmette (1863−1933) und Camille Guérin (1872−1961) Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts aus Rindertuberkelbazillen von normaler Virulenz durch dauernd wiederholte Fortzüchtung… … Deutsch Wikipedia
bacillus calmette-guérin — ˌkalˈmet(ˌ)gāˈraⁿ, ran noun Usage: usually capitalized C&G Etymology: translation of French bacille Calmette Guérin, after Albert L.C.Calmette died 1933 and Camille Guérin b1872 French bacteriologists : an attenuated strain of tubercle bacillus… … Useful english dictionary
bacillus Calmette-Guérin — /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] * * * … Universalium
bacille Calmette-Guérin — An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. SYN: Calmette Guérin bacillus. [Fr.] * * * ba·cille Calmette Guérin ba sēl , bä n … Medical dictionary
Bacillus Calmette-Guérinvaccine — Ba·cil·lus Cal·mette Gué·rin vaccine (bə sĭlʹəs kăl mĕtʹgā rănʹ) n. The BCG vaccine. [After Albert L.C. Calmette (1863 1933) and Camille Guérin (1872 1961), French bacteriologists.] * * * … Universalium
vaccine — Originally, the live v. (vaccinia, cowpox) virus inoculated in the skin as prophylaxis against smallpox and obtained from the skin of calves inoculated with seed virus. Usage has extended the meaning to include essentially any preparation… … Medical dictionary
Guérin, Camille — ▪ French biologist born Dec. 22, 1872, Poitiers, Fr. died June 9, 1961, Paris French co developer, with Albert Calmette (Calmette, Albert), of Bacillus Calmette Guérin, or BCG (BCG vaccine), a vaccine that was widely used in Europe and… … Universalium
Calmette, Albert — ▪ French bacteriologist in full Albert Léon Charles Calmette born July 12, 1863, Nice, France died Oct. 29, 1933, Paris French bacteriologist, pupil of Louis Pasteur, and codeveloper with Camille Guérin (Guérin, Camille) of the… … Universalium
Guérin — Camille, French bacteriologist, 1872–1961. See bacille Calmette G., bacillus Calmette G. vaccine, Calmette test, Calmette G. bacillus, Calmette G. vaccine. Alphonse F.M., French surgeon, 1816–1895. See G. fold, G. fracture, G. glands, under gland … Medical dictionary
