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Genetic and immunologic determinants of BCG disease: from mechanism to prevention.
Annals of medicine - 1 Dec 2026
Chen Feng, Shen Yifan, Yan Qianhui, Zheng Daishan, Chen Xiaoli, Fang Longyu, Sun Mengchen, Zhang Yuansi, Chu Maoping, Yang Enhui, Huang Xiu-Feng
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BACKGROUND: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infection, a disseminated infection triggered in immunocompromised hosts by the administration of the attenuated BCG vaccine, is characterized by a pathogenic mechanism that involves the synergistic interaction between host immune deficiencies and strain-specific genetic mutations. METHODS: This review synthesizes published multi-omics and proteomics findings from the...
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