title: [Pulmonal bacillus Calmette-Guérin infection two years after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin installation].
abstract: Major complications following installation of bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) in the bladder as treatment for early stage cancer are rare and there are only few reports of BCG isolated from patients with suspected "BCGitis". We report a case where sputum culture yielded a BCG strain identical to one used two years earlier to treat the patient's bladder cancer. Some aspects were challenging in differential diagnosis: the patient's prior history of pulmonary tuberculosis ten years earlier and a two-year interval since BCG installation. PCR analysis and culture finally provided the diagnosis disseminated BCG infection.
authors.affiliation: Julius Thomsens Gade 16, 3. t.v., 1632 København V. julieharbjerg@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Julie Lykke
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Harbjerg
authors.forename: Cathrine Collin
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bjerre
authors.forename: Troels
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lillebæk
authors.forename: Ulla Møller
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Weinreich
mesh_terms: D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine