Miliary tuberculosis following intravesical Bacillus Calmette and Guérin therapy: A rare complication of a frequent procedure

The standard treatment for superficial vesical tumors is transurethral resection (TUR) followed by intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette and Guérin (BCG). Pulmonary complications of BCG-therapy are rare but could be life threatening. We report the case of a 54-year-old patient who received...

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Published in:	Urology Case Reports
Main Authors:	Lobna Loued, Nesrine Fahem, Rania Kaddoussi, Mabrouk Abdelaaly, Saoussen Cheikh Mhamed, Naceur Rouatbi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2021-09-01
Subjects:	Miliary pulmonary tuberculosis Mycobacterium bovis Intravesical BCG Bladder cancer
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442021000954