bacille Calmette-Guerin


bacille

 [bah-sēl] bacillus.bacille Calmette-Guērin (BCG) Mycobacterium bovis that has been rendered completely avirulent by cultivation over a long period on bile-glycerol-potato medium. See also bcg vaccine and solution" >BCG solution.

ba·cil·le Cal·mette-Gué·rin (BCG),

(bah-sēl' kahl-met' gā-rĭn[h]'), An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Synonym(s): Calmette-Guérin bacillus [Fr.]

bCG

Bacille Calmette-Guerin. A strain of Mycobacterium bovis which has been grown multiple generations on potato bile glycerine agar, to a point where the strain is not regarded as pathogenic. It is used to nonspecifically stimulate the immune response in patients with certain malignancies—e.g., melanoma.

BCG

Abbreviation for:
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (Medspeak-UK) 
bromcresol green
bronchocentric granulomatosis

ba·cil·le Cal·mette-Gué·rin

(BCG) (bah-sēl' kahl-met' gā-răn[h]') An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine, which is used for immunization against tuberculosis and leprosy and in cancer chemotherapy.
Synonym(s): Calmette-Guérin bacillus. [Fr.]

Calmette,

Leon Charles Albert, French bacteriologist, 1863-1933. Bacille bilié de Calmette-Guérin - an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Synonym(s): Bacille Calmette-Guérin; Calmette-Guérin bacillusBacille Calmette-Guérin - Synonym(s): Bacille bilié de Calmette-Guérinbacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine - a vaccine for tuberculosis prophylaxis. Synonym(s): BCG vaccineCalmette test - conjunctival reaction to tuberculin.Calmette-Guérin bacillus - Synonym(s): Bacille bilié de Calmette-GuérinCalmette-Guérin vaccine - Synonym(s): bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine

Guérin,

Camille, French bacteriologist, 1872-1961. Bacille bilié de Calmette-Guérin - see under CalmetteBacille Calmette-Guérin - Synonym(s): Bacille bilié de Calmette-Guérinbacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine - see under CalmetteCalmette-Guérin bacillus - Synonym(s): Bacille bilié de Calmette-GuérinCalmette-Guérin vaccine - Synonym(s): bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine