Immediate Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination to Neonates Requiring Perinatal Treatment at the Maternity Ward in Guinea-Bissau: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Frederik Schaltz-BuchholzerPeter AabyIvan MonteiroLuis CamalaSimone Faurholt SimonsenHannah Nørtoft FrankelKristina Lindberg LarsenChristian N GoldingTobias R KollmannNelly AmenyogbeChristine Stabell BennMorten Bjerregaard-AndersenPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)
Providing BCG + OPV to frail neonates was safe and might protect against fatal infection in the immediate newborn period. Deaths due to prematurity and perinatal complications were unaffected by BCG.