Talk:Bacillus Calmette-Guérin

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[edit] Abscess

I've clarified the rather sensationalistic reasoning for abscesses - although maybe not intented, original text implied that abscesses occurred only because of incorrect administration. This is of course not the case, and there's no point having Wikipedia quoted by irate parents to a doctor. I'm also concerned about the link to 'BCG-oma' which, afaik, is not a medical term and neither is it widely accepted. If anyone could clarify this for me it would be appreciated. DanMatthewsUK 20:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Painful

Some mention needs to be made of the painful swelling that results from a BCQ injection Nil Einne 23:22, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name

BCG is expanded to Bacille Calmette-Guérin (not bacillus) even in the English language literature (and the American literature). Look at PubMed or search PubMed. BCG is not a member of the genus "Bacillus" (such as anthrax), although descriptively it is a rod-shaped bacterium and may therefore be called a "bacillus" (small "b"). I propose to move the article and all the redirects to bacille Calmette-Guérin. --Gak 21:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BCG/Heaf test

Is the second picture an actual representation of the BCG vaccine? I am certain that it is not the case an is, in fact, the Heaf Test which one is administered with [i]before[/i] the main injection. Is this so? Or is it the case that the combination of the two is also called the BCG? If not then it is misleading and should be removed/the caption should be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.13.173 (talk) 07:35, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

The author of the picture here, and the answer is YES; it is actually for BCG vaccination "in Japan", not for Heaf test. It was obtained as a set of "lyophylized BCG vaccine with immunizer" from Japan BCG Laboratory (unfortunately English page is under construction.) In Japan, BCG is administered by the method so-call "multiple puncture method" with this apparatus for a long (for example, you can see the name "kuchiki's needle" in this article) to prevent a local skin reaction. I know, of course, this multipuncture method is not a worldwide standard; although trials for multipuncture method using an apparatus such as 'Heaf gun' in other countries are tested or developping (e.g. [1]). I uploaded this picture mainly for the explanation of BCG in ja article, or the explanation of the variety of the vaccination method in other lang version. So, I wonder if it is "representable" for the general explanation in other language version, too. (This was the reason why I'd replaced the top image in this revision) --Y tambe (talk) 08:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)