Skip to main content
An official website of the United States government

attenuated corynebacterium parvum

A heat-inactivated preparation of Corynebacterium parvum with immunoadjuvant properties. Therapeutic Corynebacterium parvum may stimulate host antitumor immune responses when added to cancer vaccines.
Synonym:C. parvum
Propionibacterium acnes
therapeutic Corynebacterium parvum
US brand name:Coparvax
Corynebacterium parvum, Burroughs
Corynebacterium parvum, Merieux
Abbreviation:CPAR
Search NCI's Drug Dictionary