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Tuberculosis

Source: RKI vaccines A–Z. Patient information, not medical advice.

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Pathogen

The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Transmission

Droplets, prolonged close contact.

Clinical picture

Chronic pneumonia with bloody cough, weight loss, night sweats. Multidrug-resistant strains rising globally.

Vaccine protection

BCG live vaccine — no longer recommended in Germany since 1998 due to unfavourable benefit-risk ratio.

Who should be vaccinated?

No STIKO recommendation in Germany. Individually for travel to high-risk areas with close population contact.

Vaccination schedule (STIKO)

  1. Keine STIKO-Empfehlung — BCG ist in Deutschland seit 1998 nicht mehr empfohlen. Anwendung nur in Ausnahmefällen (Reise in Hochrisiko-Endemiegebiete mit engem Bevölkerungskontakt, individuelle Indikation).

Booster: Keine routinemäßige Auffrischung.

Further information on Tuberculosis: RKI vaccines A–Z.

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