A case of disseminated Mycobacterium bovis 2 years post‐intravesicular Bacillus Calmette–Guérin therapy for superficial urinary bladder cancer

Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis is an uncommon side‐effect of intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) therapy that may be mediated through Mycobacteraemia. This case report, of a 77‐year‐old man with a history of intravesical BCG therapy and recent cardiac surgery, highlights the need for patie...

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Published inInternal medicine journal Vol. 47; no. 7; pp. 820 - 823
Main Authors Robinson, Alexander R. L., Radhakrishnan, Rajeswari, Horvath, Robert, Pandey, Sushil
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.07.2017
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Subjects
Adjuvants, Immunologic - administration & dosage
Adjuvants, Immunologic - adverse effects
Administration, Intravesical
Aged
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine
BCG
BCG Vaccine - administration & dosage
BCG Vaccine - adverse effects
Bladder cancer
Cancer
Cattle
general medicine
Heart diseases
Heart surgery
Humans
infectious disease
Male
Mycobacterium bovis - isolation & purification
oncology
Side effects
Time Factors
Tuberculosis - chemically induced
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - etiology
Urinary bladder
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - complications
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - diagnosis
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - drug therapy
urology
infectious disease
general medicine
oncology
urology
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Summary:Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis is an uncommon side‐effect of intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) therapy that may be mediated through Mycobacteraemia. This case report, of a 77‐year‐old man with a history of intravesical BCG therapy and recent cardiac surgery, highlights the need for patients with similar features on history, presenting with generalised symptoms, to have mycobacterial cultures included in their workup.
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ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/imj.13475