| Bacille Calmette-Guerin | An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Extracts of the bacterium have remarkable powers in stimulation of lymphocytes and leucocytes and are used in adjuvants. Synonym: Calmette-Guerin bacillus. Acronym: BCG Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine | <drug> Live attenuated vaccine for tuberculosis. For groups and health care workers in high endemic areas. Not to be given to individuals with HIV infection. (15 Nov 1997) |
| Calmette-Guerin bacillus | An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Extracts of the bacterium have remarkable powers in stimulation of lymphocytes and leucocytes and are used in adjuvants. Synonym: Calmette-Guerin bacillus. Acronym: BCG Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Calmette-Guerin vaccine | <drug> Live attenuated vaccine for tuberculosis. For groups and health care workers in high endemic areas. Not to be given to individuals with HIV infection. (15 Nov 1997) |
| Calmette, Leon | <person> French bacteriologist, 1863-1933. See: Bacille bilie de Calmette-Guerin, bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine, Calmette test, Calmette-Guerin bacillus, Calmette-Guerin vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Calmette test | Conjunctival reaction to tuberculin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guerin, Alphonse | <person> French surgeon, 1816-1895. See: Guerin's fold, Guerin's fracture, Guerin's glands, Guerin's sinus, Guerin's valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guerin, Camille | <person> French bacteriologist, 1872-1961. See: Bacille bilie de Calmette-Guerin, bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine, Calmette test, Calmette-Guerin bacillus, Calmette-Guerin vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guerin's fold | A fold of mucous membrane sometimes found in the root of the navicular fossa of the urethra. Synonym: valvula fossae navicularis, Guerin's fold, Guerin's valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guerin's fracture | A fracture of the facial bones in which there is a horizontal fracture at the base of the maxillae above the apices of the teeth. Synonym: horizontal fracture, Le Fort I fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guerin's glands | Numerous mucous glands in the wall of the female urethra. Synonym: glandulae urethrales femininae, Guerin's glands, paraurethral glands, Skene's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guerin's sinus | A cul-de-sac or diverticulum behind the valve of the navicular fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guerin's valve | A fold of mucous membrane sometimes found in the root of the navicular fossa of the urethra. Synonym: valvula fossae navicularis, Guerin's fold, Guerin's valve. (05 Mar 2000) |