A unique case of miliary pulmonary tuberculosis induced by bacillus Calmette-Guérin intravesical instillation with COVID-19 superinfection

Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is used as an adjuvant treatment of bladder cancer. Systemic BCG infection occurs in less than 1% of cases, and pulmonary involvement is even rarer (0.3% – 0.7%), with a favourable prognosis. A 78-year-old male developed miliary tuberculosi...

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Autores principales: Brandi, Nicolò, Bartalena, Laura, Mosconi, Cristina, Golfieri, Rita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34230863
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2122

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34230863
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2122

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