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Early BCG-Denmark and Neonatal Mortality Among Infants Weighing <2500 g: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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2017

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Sofie Biering‐Sørensen, Peter Aaby, Najaaraq Lund, Ivan Monteiro, Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen, Helle Brander Eriksen, Frederik Schaltz‐Buchholzer, Anne Sofie Pinstrup Jørgensen, Amabélia Rodrigues, Ane Bærent Fisker,
Clinical Infectious Diseases

Abstract

We conducted the present trial to test whether early BCG-Denmark reduces mortality rate in low-weight (LW) neonates. We found that early administration of BCG-Denmark in LW infants is associated with major reductions in mortality rate.

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