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Pleural Effusion Caused by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer.
- Source :
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Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2017 Jun 17; Vol. 4 (3), pp. ofx126. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jun 17 (Print Publication: 2017). - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Intravesical bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) instillation has been used as immunotherapy for early stage bladder cancer for >40 years. Complications from this therapy are rare but may result in a spectrum of infectious sequelae. Here we describe the case of an elderly man who presented with a pleural effusion and subcutaneous nodule several years after treatment with BCG.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2328-8957
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Open forum infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28761898
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx126