SMJ articles in the category "Mycobacterium bovis"

Case Report

A Report of Iliac Muscle Abscess Due to Mycobacterium bovis After Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy for Bladder Cancer

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is traditionally used for vaccination against tuberculosis. BCG vaccine contains live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis. Intravesical BCG is also effective in treatment of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Complications after intravesical BCG immunotherapy are extremely rare. We report an iliac muscle abscess due…

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Case Report

Four Cases of Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis Infection Following Intravesical BCG Instillation for Treatment of Bladder Carcinoma

Intravesical BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) instillation is a first-line treatment for superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. A rare but severe complication of BCG immunotherapy is the development of disseminated BCG disease, which can result in miliary pneumonitis, granulomatous hepatitis, soft tissue infections, bone marrow involvement, and sepsis. Symptoms can…

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