Medline ® Abstract for Reference 36
of 'Infectious complications of intravesical BCG immunotherapy'
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BCG immunotherapy: be cautious of granulomas. Disseminated BCG infection and mycotic aneurysm as late complications of intravesical BCG instillations.
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Kamphuis JT, Buiting AG, MiseréJF, van Berge Henegouwen DP, van Soolingen D, Rensma PL
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Neth J Med. 2001;58(2):71.
We describe a 65-year-old man with a granulomatous hepatitis and a progressive mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. One year before he received intravesical bacillus Calmette--Guérin (BCG) for carcinoma of the bladder without any complaints. Only post-mortem investigations could confirm that he suffered from a systemic BCG infection. Literature is reviewed for this rare complication.
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Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elisabeth Hospital, P.O. Box 90151, 5000 LC Tilburg, The Netherlands. interezt@wxs.nl
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