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Pleural Effusion Caused by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer

Year: 2017

Type: article

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.

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx126

Authors: Tara Rachakonda, Brian Kendall, Adam M Spivak, Jonathan Boltax

Institutions: Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,053