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Indian J Med Microbiol
; 2014 Oct-Dec ; 32 (4): 438-439
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-156964
RESUMO
Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is the treatment of choice for superficial bladder carcinoma. Disseminated BCG infection presenting as granulomatous hepatitis or pneumonitis is a very rare complication of this treatment. Here we report a case series of seven patients previously treated with BCG presenting with pneumonitis. In two of the cases, identification of Mycobacterium bovis was achieved with molecular methods.