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Can a tb vaccine cause tb in a child?
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Rarely: Bcg vaccine prepared from attenuated strains of mycobacterium bovis rarely causes disseminated fatal tb, primarily in immunocompromised people (approximately 2 per 1 million people).
Answered 12/13/2014
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