Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy decreases the progression risk of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, but potentially yields a broad spectrum of side effects. We report the case of a 73-year-old man affected by miliary pulmonary BCG infection, whose microbiological diagnosis was probably hindered by empiric fluoroquinolones, focusing on imaging and clinical work-up.

Miliary pulmonary infection after BCG intravesical instillation: a rare, misdiagnosed and mistreated complication

CALLERIS, GIORGIO;Marra, Giancarlo;Corcione, Silvia;Oderda, Marco;Cardellino, Chiara;Audagnotto, Sabrina;Frea, Bruno;De Rosa, Francesco Giuseppe;Gontero, Paolo
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Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy decreases the progression risk of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, but potentially yields a broad spectrum of side effects. We report the case of a 73-year-old man affected by miliary pulmonary BCG infection, whose microbiological diagnosis was probably hindered by empiric fluoroquinolones, focusing on imaging and clinical work-up.
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Calleris, Giorgio; Marra, Giancarlo; Corcione, Silvia; Oderda, Marco; Cardellino, Chiara; Audagnotto, Sabrina; Frea, Bruno; De Rosa, Francesco Giusepp...espandi
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