Gluteal abscess: An unusual complication of Bacille Calmette-Guérin

Gluteal abscess: An unusual complication of Bacille Calmette-Guérin

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) has been used extensively as a vaccine against human tuberculosis. Herein, we describe gluteal tuberculosis abscess due to inadvertently injected BCG a patient with bladder cancer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hakan Buyukoglan, Inci Gulmez, Nuri Tutar, Fatma S Oymak, Asiye Kanbay, Ramazan Demir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
Bacille Calmette-Guerin
bladder cancer
gluteal abscess
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2011;volume=6;issue=4;spage=235;epage=236;aulast=Buyukoglan

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