Pleural Effusion Caused by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer

Intravesical bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) instillation has been used as immunotherapy for early stage bladder cancer for >40 years. Complications from this therapy are rare but may result in a spectrum of infectious sequelae. Here we describe the case of an elderly man who presented with a pleu...

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Autores principales: Rachakonda, Tara, Kendall, Brian, Spivak, Adam M, Boltax, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5534218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28761898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx126
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author Rachakonda, Tara
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description Intravesical bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) instillation has been used as immunotherapy for early stage bladder cancer for >40 years. Complications from this therapy are rare but may result in a spectrum of infectious sequelae. Here we describe the case of an elderly man who presented with a pleural effusion and subcutaneous nodule several years after treatment with BCG.
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spelling pubmed-55342182017-07-31 Pleural Effusion Caused by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer Rachakonda, Tara Kendall, Brian Spivak, Adam M Boltax, Jonathan Open Forum Infect Dis ID Case Intravesical bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) instillation has been used as immunotherapy for early stage bladder cancer for >40 years. Complications from this therapy are rare but may result in a spectrum of infectious sequelae. Here we describe the case of an elderly man who presented with a pleural effusion and subcutaneous nodule several years after treatment with BCG. Oxford University Press 2017-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5534218/ /pubmed/28761898 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx126 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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