Bacillus Calmette-Guérin pneumonitis after intravesical instillation: Report of two cases and a review of the literature

Objective. Intravesical administration of bacillus Calmette-Guérin is standard adjuvant treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. In spite of the fact that this immunotherapy is locoregional, there are still risk of some complications. Methods. We describe two cases of systemic BCG infection...

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Published in:	Biomedical Papers
Main Authors:	Martina Spisarova, Stanislav Losse, Petr Jakubec, Igor Hartmann, Milan Kral, Jiri Ehrmann, Marek Szkorupa, Hana Studentova, Bohuslav Melichar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 2024-06-01
Subjects:	bacillus calmette-guérin bladder cancer intravesical therapy
Online Access:	https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/artkey/bio-202402-0012_bacillus-calmette-guerin-pneumonitis-after-intravesical-instillation-report-of-two-cases-and-a-review-of-the-l.php