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Clinical use of BCG and its complications: a case series

Claudia ColombaR. RaffaellaM. GabrieleF. Guida MarasciaM. AbbottA. GizziA. AnastasiaG. PalermoT. ManlioAntonio Cascio

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Settore MED/17 - Malattie InfettiveVaccinationBCG VaccineHumansbladder cancerBCG vacinationBCGtuberculosiMycobacterium bovis

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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a live, attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is the essential constituent of the vaccine against tuberculosis and the gold-standard adjuvant treatment for urothelial cancer of the bladder. Being a live, attenuated strain with a potential pathogenic action, bacilli can cause several complications, both locally near the inoculation site and remotely through blood dissemination. BCG-related disease can represent a side effect of anti-TB vaccination in patient with congenital or acquired immunodeficiency or a complication of the therapeutic schedule in oncologic patients. Herein we report five cases of BCG-related disease which occurred at the Infectious Diseases Department of the University Hospital of Palermo during a five-year period from January 2014 to December 2019.

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2021-03-05
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/534432