Granulomatous pneumonia as a complication of intravesical BCG immunotherapy--a case report

BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) comprises an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis and is used for vaccination against tuberculosis. An additional use of BCG is for immunotherapy of cancer in which the vaccine is administered intravesically for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer. The effi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pneumonologia i alergologia polska 2014, Vol.82 (2), p.163-169
Hauptverfasser:	Rogoziński, Paweł, Taracha-Guz, Daria, Pęcikiewicz, Paweł, Kachel, Tomasz, Dubiel, Grzegorz, Wandzel, Piotr, Bruliński, Krzysztof
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	pol
Schlagworte:	Aged BCG Vaccine - adverse effects Fever - etiology Granuloma - etiology Granuloma - pathology Hepatitis - etiology Humans Immunotherapy - adverse effects Lung - pathology Lung Diseases - etiology Lung Diseases - pathology Male Necrosis Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - prevention & control Pneumonia - etiology Pneumonia - pathology Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - surgery Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - therapy
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