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Disseminated bcg disease associated with immunotherapy by scarification in acute leukemia
Author(s) -
Ritch Paul S.,
McCredie Kenneth B.,
Gutterman Jordan U.,
Hersh Evan M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197807)42:1<167::aid-cncr2820420128>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , scarification , immunotherapy , malignancy , leukemia , disease , chemotherapy , immunology , cancer , botany , germination , dormancy , biology
Disseminated BCG infection developed in a patient with acute leukemia receiving BCG immunotherapy by scarification. Predisposing factors included the underlying malignancy, intensive chemotherapy, and continuous high‐dose corticosteroids. The scarification technique is safe; however, physicians should be alert to this syndrome as a cause of fever of unknown origin in cancer patients receiving BCG immunotherapy.