Pulmonary tuberculosis due to bacille Calmette-Guérin |
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| Authors: | D. Kirsten U. Rieger K. H. Schröder A. Böhle H. Magnussen |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Krankenhaus Großhansdorf, Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, LVA Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany;(2) Forschungsinstitut Borstel, Germany;(3) Klinik für Urologie, Universität Lübeck, Germany;(4) Present address: Krankenhaus Großhansdorf, Wöhrendamm 80, D-22927 Großhansdorf, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Summary Immunotherapy using bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has gained increasing acceptance in the management of superficial bladder cancer. Systemic reactions after intravesical instillation of BCG are rare. However, when the therapy is complicated, the lung often becomes involved. Since the pathogenesis of lung infiltrates after immunotherapy is unknown, we report on a patient who developed a lung infiltrate after receiving BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer. The infectious etiology was established by culture confirmation of a BCG strain in the broncheoalveolar lavage fluid.Abbreviation BCG bacille Calmette-Guérin |
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| Keywords: | Bladder cancer Bacille Calmette-Gué rin immunotherapy Bacille Calmette-Gué rin tuberculosis |
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