title: Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guerin infections after intravesical therapy.
abstract: Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is the treatment of choice for superficial bladder carcinoma. Disseminated BCG infection presenting as granulomatous hepatitis or pneumonitis is a very rare complication of this treatment. Here we report a case series of seven patients previously treated with BCG presenting with pneumonitis. In two of the cases, identification of Mycobacterium bovis was achieved with molecular methods.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gerogianni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gravas
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gourgoulianis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Neonakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petinaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001691:Biological Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*