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What happens when you get a tuberculosis shot?
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BCG: If by tuberculosis shot, you mean BCG vaccination, it produces a local abscess that discharges pus and heals with a scar at the site of injection. Bcg vaccination is not recommended in the us.
Answered 1/12/2015
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