When the Treatment is the Cause: Disseminated Bacille Calmette-Guérin Infection.
| Autor: | Marques Afonso AT; Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain., Rodríguez Framil M; Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain., Sánchez Leira J; Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain., Vázquez Agra N; Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain., García-Rodeja Arias F; Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | European journal of case reports in internal medicine [Eur J Case Rep Intern Med] 2020 Jun 03; Vol. 7 (9), pp. 001697. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 03 (Print Publication: 2020). |
| DOI: | 10.12890/2020_001697 |
| Abstrakt: | Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) administration for superficial bladder cancer is a well-tolerated and very effective therapy. However, unpredictable systemic complications may occur on rare occasions. We present the case of a patient who attended for consultation because of fever, asthenia and weight loss following BCG immunotherapy. The clinical response to treatment and computed tomography scanning were key to diagnosis. Learning Points: It is essential to keep a high index of suspicion of possible, although uncommon, complications in patients treated with BCG immunotherapy.Response to treatment should always be evaluated to confirm diagnostic suspicion. Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interests: The Authors declare that there are no competing interests. (© EFIM 2020.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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