Calmette

Calmette definition - medical

Cal·mette (käl-mĕtˈ), Albert Léon Charles 1863-1933.

French bacteriologist. With Camille Guérin he developed (c. 1921) the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis.

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