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BCG vaccination shortly after birth has shown to protect against tuberculosis in some studies.
PPD conversion rate and complications were compared between 174 neonates who received BCG
vaccine within 1 week after birth and 330 infants who received BCG vaccine at the 1 month of age.
The results were as follows:
1) The PPD conversion rate was 20.11% in the neonates who received vaccine within... |