Peritoneal tuberculosis and granulomatous hepatitis secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin

Intravesical administration of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is used as a treatment method in superficial bladder cancer. While it is generally well tolerated, serious side effects may develop. Granulomatous hepatitis cases have been previously reported; however, only one case with tuberculous peritoniti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials 2009-04, Vol.8 (1), p.12-12
Hauptverfasser: Soylu, Aliye, Ince, Ali T, Polat, Hakan, Yasar, Nurgul, Ciltas, Aydin, Ozkara, Selvinaz, Tasci, Ali I
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Zusammenfassung:Intravesical administration of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is used as a treatment method in superficial bladder cancer. While it is generally well tolerated, serious side effects may develop. Granulomatous hepatitis cases have been previously reported; however, only one case with tuberculous peritonitis exists in the current literature. We hereby present two cases, one of which is the second tubercular peritonitis case following Bacillus Calmette-Guérin treatment to be reported, and the other a case with granulomatous hepatitis. Complete cure was achieved in both cases with specific therapy. In the patient who developed peritonitis, intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy was recommenced after antituberculosis treatment, and completed without further complications.
ISSN:1476-0711
1476-0711
DOI:10.1186/1476-0711-8-12