My brother-in-law who lives in Mexico called and told me that his pediatric wants to give his two week year old newborn a tuberculosis shot. Can an infant that is that young receive such a shot? Is this normal practice?
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It is not common in the United states, but can be given to infants in countries were TB is more prevalent. http://www.immunizationinfo.org/VaccineInfo/vaccine_detail.cfv?id=18 http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75735
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