Medline ® Abstract for Reference 49
of 'Infectious complications of intravesical BCG immunotherapy'
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Haemophagocytic syndrome after intravesical bacille Calmette-Guérin instillation.
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Misra S, Gupta A, Symes A, Duncan J
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Scand J Urol. 2014 Jun;48(3):328-30. Epub 2013 Sep 27.
Abstract Intravesical bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is used to treat high-risk superficial bladder cancer. This article reports a case of secondary haemophagocytosis after intravesical BCG instillation in a 70-year-old man with bladder cancer and presents a literature review of this very rare but potentially fatal complication of intravesical BCG treatment.
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1Department of Urology, Princess Royal Hospital, Brighton&Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust , Haywards Heath , UK.
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