[Intradermal BCG vaccination of the ,ewborn in the 1972-1975 period].

The study included 1015 children vaccinated BCG at birth in the "Gh. Marinescu" Maternity Hospital of Bucharest during the 1972-1975 period. The Romanian lyophilized BCG vaccine prepared in sodium glutamate in doses of 0.10 mg/0.1 ml was used. Of these children 543 were vaccinated in the Maternity Hospital and 472 by the vaccination teams of the Institute of Phthisiology, Bucharest. During the first two years 660 of these children were controlled at various intervals. Sensitivity to 2 U PPD was moderate during the first year, the mean diameter being of 4-5.3 mm in the children vaccinated before discharged from hospital and of 3.5-6.7 mm in diameter in the children vaccinated after discharge. At the age of 1 and 2 years the mean diameter did not exceed 3 mm. The vaccinal scar was present in more than 95% of the children in the first year, the mean diameter ranging between 3.6 and 4.8 mm. No postvaccinal complications were recorded. The authors consider that the results obtained can be taken as criteria for assessing the operational and technical effectiveness of BCG in neonates.