Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease. This vaccine is not widely used in the United States, but it is often given to infants and small children in other countries where TB is common. BCG does not always protect people from getting TB.
Which vaccines is used to prevent tuberculosis?
THE CURRENT VACCINE AGAINST TB: BCG
The current TB vaccine, bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), is a live vaccine that protects against severe childhood forms of disease, including milliary and extrapulmonary TB and the often fatal TB meningitis.
How can Tuberculosis be prevented?
- Take all of your medicines as they're prescribed, until your doctor takes you off them.
- Keep all your doctor appointments.
- Always cover your mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. ...
- Wash your hands after coughing or sneezing.
- Don't visit other people and don't invite them to visit you.
