BCG Vaccine

Overview

Medicine Type :
Allopathy

Prescription Type:
Prescription Required

Approval :
DCGI (Drugs Controller General of India)

Pharmacological Class:

Live-attenuated vaccine,

Therapy Class:

Vaccines,

Approved Countries

Over 157 countries, including the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, China, India, Russia, South Africa, and Brazil.

References

https://www.fda.gov/files/vaccines, blood & biologics/published/Package-Insert---BCG-Vaccine.pdf

https://reference.medscape.com/drug/tice-bcg-vaccine-tice-strain-343147#91

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/bcg-tuberculosis-tb-vaccine/#:~:text=How the BCG vaccination is,usually leaves a small scar.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4927726/#:~:text=BCG vaccine overdose has been,with lymphadenopathy have been reported.

Authored by

Preksha garg

Preksha Garg is a B. Pharma graduate and is currently working as a medical content writer at Medical Dialogues.

Reviewed by

Dr JUHI SINGLA

Dr JUHI SINGLA has completed her MBBS from Era’s Lucknow Medical college and done MD pharmacology from SGT UNIVERSITY Gurgaon. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751