An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. SYN: Calmette-Guérin bacillus. [Fr.]
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A. L. C. Calmette (1863-1933) and C. Guérin (1872-1961), French bacteriologists
Medical dictionary. 2011.