
Case: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-induced Reiter syndrome with an attempt at repeat BCG induction
Author(s) -
Douglas Cheung,
Alexandra Millman,
Robert J. Hamilton
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.4759
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , bcg vaccine , immunology , disease , bacillus (shape) , vaccination , pediatrics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
We present a case of BCG-induced Reiter syndrome with 19-year followup, and the first instance of BCG re-induction in this cohort of patients. This was attempted given the substantial duration of disease control following the initial treatment.