title: [A rare complication of antineoplastic BCG therapy: pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Local treatment with intra vesical BCG for bladder carcinoma have few complications. Pulmonary side effects are rare, like interstitial pneumonitis. We report a case of a 77-year-old man, treated with BCG for bladder carcinoma who developed illness and tumoral chest-X-ray opacity. Mycobacterium tuberculosis bovis was isolated in culture and 2 years after in sputum. Physio pathologic mechanism of pulmonary features remains controversial, however this case suggest that lung lesions can be result of an infection process.
authors.affiliation: Service Ibn Nafiss, Hôpital A. Mami Ariana, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fenniche
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasséne
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Attia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fkih
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bousnina
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheikh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Belhabib
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Megdiche
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000139:chemically induced*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001500:BCG Vaccine
vernacular_title: Une complication rare de la BCG therapie antineoplasique: la tuberculose pulmonaire.