Abstract
Tokyo-172 BCG Vaccination Complications, Taiwan
Highlights
To the Editor: BCG (Mycobacterium bovis BCG) is a vaccine for preventing childhood tuberculosis (TB), especially military and meningeal TB
The vaccine is recommended as less reactogenic
Because intradermal injection is recognized as a more effective BCG administration route (3), it is practiced in Taiwan, while a multiple puncture method is used in Japan and South Korea
Summary
To the Editor: BCG (Mycobacterium bovis BCG) is a vaccine for preventing childhood tuberculosis (TB), especially military and meningeal TB. Tokyo172 BCG is currently used in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. 10% BCG (Danish strain) vaccinations for infants are administrated intracutaneously in South Korea (4).
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