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-Andersen

Published 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.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
pregnant women
preterm infants
preterm birth
combination therapy
replacement therapy
smoking cessation