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Article

Tuberculosis Complications After BCG Treatment for Urinary Bladder Cancer

by
Albinas Naudžiūnas
1,
Rūta Juškaitė
1,
Indrė Žiaugrytė
1,
Alvydas Unikauskas
1,
Eglė Varanauskienė
2,* and
Edita Mašanauskienė
1
1
Department of Internal Diseases, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
2
Department of Endocrinology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2012, 48(11), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina48110082
Submission received: 30 January 2012 / Accepted: 6 December 2012 / Published: 11 December 2012
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Abstract

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis that has been effectively used in the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma. The complications of this treatment are uncommon, and the causes of dissemination are still discussed. We report a case of disseminated tuberculosis in a 66-year-old smoking man without a history of pulmonary diseases, who underwent immunotherapy with BCG after the initial surgical treatment of bladder cancer. After the last BCG instillation, he developed a fever. The diagnosis of sepsis was not confirmed, and miliary pulmonary tuberculosis was suspected. The diagnosis was confirmed by clinical manifestation, computed tomography of the lungs, and histological examination.
Keywords: bladder carcinoma; bacillus Calmette-Guérin; complications; tuberculosis bladder carcinoma; bacillus Calmette-Guérin; complications; tuberculosis

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Naudžiūnas, A.; Juškaitė, R.; Žiaugrytė, I.; Unikauskas, A.; Varanauskienė, E.; Mašanauskienė, E. Tuberculosis Complications After BCG Treatment for Urinary Bladder Cancer. Medicina 2012, 48, 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina48110082

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Naudžiūnas A, Juškaitė R, Žiaugrytė I, Unikauskas A, Varanauskienė E, Mašanauskienė E. Tuberculosis Complications After BCG Treatment for Urinary Bladder Cancer. Medicina. 2012; 48(11):82. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina48110082

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Naudžiūnas, Albinas, Rūta Juškaitė, Indrė Žiaugrytė, Alvydas Unikauskas, Eglė Varanauskienė, and Edita Mašanauskienė. 2012. "Tuberculosis Complications After BCG Treatment for Urinary Bladder Cancer" Medicina 48, no. 11: 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina48110082

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