Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Mycobacterium bovis after Intravesical Instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG).
Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a treatment to prevent recurrence of superficial urothelial bladder carcinoma. Complications after bladder instillation of BCG have been reported including locally invasive and systemic infections due to dissemination of Mycobacterium bovis from the bladder. We present an uncommon case and literature review of prosthetic joint infection due to M. bovis after intravesical BCG treatment of bladder cancer.
Gomez
Eric
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Division of Infectious Diseases, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, NJ 07101, USA.
Chiang
Tom
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Louie
Ted
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Ponnapalli
Madhavi
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Eng
Robert
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Huang
David B
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