[Source: Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital] Duan Bo, deputy chief physician of the Seventh Department of Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital, said that vaccination with BCG vaccine can prevent childhood tuberculosis, especially severe tuberculosis types that threaten children's lives,

[Source: Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital]

Duan Bo, deputy chief physician of the Seventh Department of Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital, introduced that vaccination with BCG vaccine can prevent childhood tuberculosis, especially severe tuberculosis types that threaten children's lives, such as tuberculous meningeal inflammatory , miliary tuberculosis, etc., the preventive effect is relatively good and can greatly reduce the mortality rate.

It should be noted that the BCG vaccine does not have absolute protection against tuberculosis. Its protection rate is about 80%, and its protective effect can last for 10-15 years.

BCG vaccine cannot completely prevent tuberculosis infection, but it can reduce the probability of disease after infection. Generally, reinoculation of BCG vaccine in adults is of little significance. It is recommended that newborns be injected with BCG vaccine during hospitalization.

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Duan Bo is the deputy chief physician of the Seventh Department of Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital.

is good at: diagnosis and treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease, tuberculous pleurisy, tuberculosis, tuberculosis in the elderly, tuberculosis in children, endobronchial tuberculosis and various types of tuberculosis.

Acknowledgments: Youlai Doctor

Editor: Chen Yanan

Reviewer: Tang Xionglue

Producer: Hunan Chest Hospital

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