A vaccine mix-up landed a woman in great jeopardy ... Babies are injected with a weakened form of Mycobacterium bovis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, diluted in saline under the skin ...

The BCG vaccine was incorrectly injected into the ... The TB vaccine, which contains a weakened form of the bacteria Mycobacterium bovis, is meant to be injected just below the skin, which ...

The current tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine worldwide, but it does not prevent the establishment of latent TB or ...

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is widely administered as a vaccine for tuberculosis. BCG is also used as a biotherapy for superficial bladder carcinoma.