Miliary Tuberculosis Due to BCG Immunotherapy

High fever, dyspnea and cough occurred in a patient with bladder carcinom under treatment of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy. Chest roentgenogram revealed bilateral reticulonodular infiltrates. Sputum and broncoalveolar fluid smears showed acid-fast bacilli and Mycobacteria was i...

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Main Authors: Bilgehan AYGEN, İnci GÜLMEZ, İbrahim GÜLMEZ, Ramazan DEMİR, Mustafa ÖZESMİ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 1996-03-01
Series:Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
Subjects:
BCG
Online Access:http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1996-1-1-062-065.pdf