Systemic bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infection and accompanying warm autoimmune haemolytic anaemia following intravesical BCG immunotherapy

Systemic bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infection and accompanying warm autoimmune haemolytic anaemia following intravesical BCG immunotherapy

Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is used for urothelial carcinoma. Systemic side effects are rare and commonly include organ involvement but rarely include bone marrow. We describe a patient who had received intravesical BCG and presented shortly afterwards with constitutional symptoms. I...

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Main Authors: Alper Tuna Güven, Yusuf Ziya Demiroğlu, Nazım Emrah Koçer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2023-08-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
mycobacterium bovis
urinary bladder neoplasms
anaemia
immunotherapy
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/4009

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