Open AccessGluteal abscess: An unusual complication of Bacille Calmette-Guerin
Author(s) -
Hakan Büyükoğlan,
İnci Gülmez,
Nuri Tutar,
Fatma Sema Oymak,
Asiye Kanbay,
Ramazan Demir
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.84780
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , abscess , buttocks , surgery
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.