Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection



Tabiri, Stephen, Kamarajah, Sivesh K, Nepogodiev, Dmitri, Li, Elizabeth, Simoes, Joana, Sravanam, Sanskrithi, Owusu, Sheila Agyeiwaa, Mahama, Haruna, Agyeman, Yaa Nyarko, Arthur, Joshua
et al (show 4794 more authors) (2021) Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection. BJS OPEN, 5 (6). zrab131-.

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Abstract

There is little evidence around the potentially protective role of previous Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Prior BCG vaccination did not protect SARS-CoV-2 infected patients against postoperative pulmonary complications and 30-day mortality.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: COVID Surg Collaborative, Humans, BCG Vaccine, Vaccination, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Clinical Directorate
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2022 08:25
Last Modified: 16 Dec 2022 17:45
DOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrab131
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3149862