title: Chest wall abscess due to Mycobacterium bovis BCG after intravesical BCG therapy.
abstract: We report a case of chest wall abscess caused by Mycobacterium bovis BCG that arose as a complication 1 year after intravesical BCG instillation. We identified M. bovis BCG Tokyo 172 in the abscess by PCR-based typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and analysis of variable number of tandem repeats data.
authors: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan. kanamori@med.tohoku.ac.jp
authors: Hajime
authors: H
authors: Kanamori
authors: Katsuhiko
authors: K
authors: Isogami
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Hatakeyama
authors: Hiroo
authors: H
authors: Saito
authors: Kazuyoshi
authors: K
authors: Shimada
authors: Bine
authors: B
authors: Uchiyama
authors: Noboru
authors: N
authors: Aso
authors: Mitsuo
authors: M
authors: Kaku
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000283:Administration, Intravesical; D000368:Aged; D001691:Biological Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D014041:Tokyo; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy