RESPIRATORY
OLD TUBERCULOSIS
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PCR tests
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Vaccination-BCG
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pharmacotherapy
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Host resistance
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Detailed explanation-1: -BCG, or bacille Calmette-Guerin, is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease. Many foreign-born persons have been BCG-vaccinated. BCG is used in many countries with a high prevalence of TB to prevent childhood tuberculous meningitis and miliary disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -How the BCG vaccination is given. BCG vaccination is given as an injection into the left upper arm. The vaccination usually leaves a small scar.
Detailed explanation-3: -BCG vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children. It does not prevent primary infection and, more importantly, does not prevent reactivation of latent pulmonary infection, the principal source of bacillary spread in the community.
Detailed explanation-4: -Children aged between 1 and 16 years who should have the BCG vaccine. BCG vaccination is recommended for all older children and adults at risk of TB, including: children with an increased risk of TB who were not vaccinated against TB when they were babies.
Detailed explanation-5: -Final answer: BCG vaccine is a preventive measure against Tuberculosis.