When the Treatment is the Cause: Disseminated Bacille Calmette–Guérin Infection | Zendy

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When the Treatment is the Cause: Disseminated Bacille Calmette–Guérin Infection

Author(s) -

Ana Teresa Marques Afonso,

M. Rodríguez Framil,

J. Sánchez Leira,

Néstor Vázquez-Agra,

Federico GarcíaRodeja Arias

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

european journal of case reports in internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125

H-Index - 1

ISSN - 2284-2594

DOI - 10.12890/2020_001697

Subject(s) - medicine , immunotherapy , bladder cancer , weight loss , bcg vaccine , pediatrics , dermatology , surgery , intensive care medicine , cancer , immunology , vaccination , obesity

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.

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