Small Randomized Trial Among Low-Birth-Weight Children Receiving Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccination First Health Center Contact
Författare
Summary, in English
A total of 105 low-birth-weight children presenting for first vaccination were randomized to receive bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immediately or later (current practice). The mortality rate ratio for BCG was 0.17 (95% CI = 0.02-1.35) within 3 days of enrollment, 0.28 (0.06-1.37) in the first month, and 0.27 (0.07-0.98) after 2 months of age. The mortality rate ratio was 0.41 (0.14-1.18) (P = 0.098) in infancy. Administration of BCG vaccine at first contact may contribute to lower mortality.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
306-308
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volym
31
Issue
3
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Ämne
- Microbiology in the medical area
Nyckelord
- vaccines
- nonspecific effects of
- neonatal mortality
- infant mortality
- BCG
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1532-0987