COVID-19 and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: What is the Link?

Hegarty, Paul K; Sfakianos, John P; Giannarini, Gianluca; DiNardo, Andrew R; Kamat, Ashish M

Hegarty, Paul K; Sfakianos, John P; Giannarini, Gianluca; DiNardo, Andrew R; Kamat, Ashish M.

Hegarty PK; Department of Urology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Sfakianos JP; Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Giannarini G; Urology Unit, Santa Maria della Misericordia Academic Medical Centre, Udine, Italy. Electronic address: gianluca.giannarini@hotmail.it.
DiNardo AR; The Global Tuberculosis Program, Texas Children's Hospital, Immigrant Health and G. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Kamat AM; Department of Urology, Division of Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Eur Urol Oncol ; 3(3): 259-261, 2020 06.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-47181

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The debate around the role of vaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin has revived right in the time of the Coronavirus disease 19 pandemic. Since Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is one of the most commonly delivered therapies in urology, in this editorial we discuss some points that we think will be of interest and guidance to practicing urologists during this public health emergency.

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Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage; BCG Vaccine/administration & dosage; Betacoronavirus/drug effects; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control; Health Services Accessibility; Immunization; Pandemics/prevention & control; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control; Urologic Neoplasms/drug therapy; Viral Vaccines/administration & dosage; Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects; Antineoplastic Agents/supply & distribution; BCG Vaccine/adverse effects; BCG Vaccine/supply & distribution; Betacoronavirus/immunology; Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity; COVID-19; COVID-19 Vaccines; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections/immunology; Coronavirus Infections/virology; Europe/epidemiology; Humans; Immunization/adverse effects; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral/immunology; Pneumonia, Viral/virology; SARS-CoV-2; Urologic Neoplasms/epidemiology; Urologic Neoplasms/immunology; Viral Vaccines/adverse effects; Viral Vaccines/supply & distribution

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / BCG Vaccine / Viral Vaccines / Immunization / Urologic Neoplasms / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics / Betacoronavirus / Health Services Accessibility / Antineoplastic Agents Type of study: Observational study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Eur Urol Oncol Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.euo.2020.04.001

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