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BCG is used in many countries with a high prevalence of TB to prevent childhood tuberculous meningitis and miliary disease.
However, BCG is not generally recommended for use in the United States because of the low risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the variable effectiveness of the vaccine against adult pulmonary TB, and the vaccineÂ’s potential interference with tuberculin skin test reactivity.
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