BCG

TB prevention shot

BCG refers to several things depending on context.

In medicine, it's Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, a vaccine against tuberculosis and a treatment for bladder cancer.

In business, BCG is Boston Consulting Group, a major management consulting firm known for the BCG matrix—a framework for analyzing business units by market growth and market share.

vaccine

tuberculosis

Mycobacterial lung disease

intradermal · prophylaxis · immunity · tuberculin · endemic · pediatric · WHO · scarification · bladder cancer · immunotherapy

consulting

strategy

Planned approach to goals

corporate · analysis · restructuring · transformation · client · engagement · benchmarking · partner · associate · deck

Categories
Opposites
medical intervention type

BCGchemotherapy

Anti-cancer drug treatment

cure · antibiotic therapy · antibiotic treatment · streptomycin · palliative care

disease relationship

BCGtuberculosis

Mycobacterial lung disease

active TB · pathogen · infection

biological agent type

BCGinfectious agent

Disease-causing microorganism

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G