BCG

1. bacille bilié de Calmette-Guérin
2. ballistocardiogram

Bacille Calmette–Guérin, an avirulent strain of Mycobacterium bovis.

• BCG test — is sometimes used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in dogs as being more reliable and sensitive than tuberculin testing.
• BCG vaccination — has been used in the control of tuberculosis in cattle but has many disadvantages, especially interference with tuberculin testing, and is not recommended for use unless the prevalence of the disease is very high.
• BCG vaccine — contains living BCG organisms. It was developed for use in the control of tuberculosis in humans. Contains living BCG organisms. Is used as a nonspecific stimulant to antibody production in chronic diseases, e.g. equine sarcoid and neoplasia in dogs.

BCG can stand for:

• Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, a vaccine for tuberculosis
• Ballistocardiography, a vital sign caused by the mechanical movement of the heart which can be recorded from the surface of the body
• Bandaranayaka college gampaha
• Berkeley Cinema Group
• Billy Gillispie, American basketball coach
• Birth Control Glasses, a dysphemism given to eyeglasses issued by the American military to its service members
• Blue Compact Galaxy, a type of low mass starburst galaxy
• Board for Certification of Genealogists
• The Boston Consulting Group, an international management consulting firm
• Brightest cluster galaxy, the brightest and most massive galaxies in the universe
• Bromocresol green
• The British Comedy Guide

See also

• better known as "BiCG": Biconjugate gradient method, an algorithm to solve systems of linear equations

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