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Does BCG protect against drug resistant tuberculosis?

BCG protect tuberculosis
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Does BCG protect against drug resistant tuberculosis?

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The probable answer to this is yes though evidence for this is necessarily sketchy. It is probably more effective in preventing disease than providing preventive therapy to those infected; a procedure for which there is no evidence of any efficacy at all. For health care workers who may be exposed to drug resistant tuberculosis, even a low protective efficacy of BCG would make vaccination worthwhile.

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