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. 2009 Jan;53(1):316-8.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.01302-08. Epub 2008 Oct 27.

Susceptibility of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine strains to antituberculous antibiotics

Nicole Ritz  1 , Marc Tebruegge, Tom G Connell, Aina Sievers, Roy Robins-Browne, Nigel Curtis
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Susceptibility of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine strains to antituberculous antibiotics

Nicole Ritz et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

Mycobacterium bovis BCG is one of the most commonly administered vaccines. Complications, including disseminated BCG disease, are rare but increasingly reported in immunodeficient children. There is growing recognition of the importance of differences between BCG vaccine strains. We determined the susceptibilities of five genetically distinct BCG vaccine strains to 12 antituberculous drugs.

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