title: Miliary pulmonary tuberculosis following intravesical BCG therapy: case report and literature review.
abstract: Miliary tuberculosis after intravesical Calmette-Guerin bacilli (BCG) therapy is rare. To date, only 23 cases have been reported. We describe the case of a patient on hemodialysis, review the literature, and call attention to the potential hazard of intravesical BCG therapy in patients on renal replacement therapy and the value of polymerase chain reaction-based methods for early diagnosis of this serious complication.
authors: Infectious Diseases Service, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, 29010, Spain. dcolmenero@telefonica.net
authors: Juan D
authors: JD
authors: Colmenero
authors: Rocío
authors: R
authors: Sanjuan-Jimenez
authors: Blanca
authors: B
authors: Ramos
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Morata
mesh_terms: D000283:Administration, Intravesical; D001691:Biological Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*