Abstract
We describe a 65-year-old man with a granulomatous hepatitis and a progressive mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. One year before he received intravesical bacillus Calmette--Guérin (BCG) for carcinoma of the bladder without any complaints. Only post-mortem investigations could confirm that he suffered from a systemic BCG infection. Literature is reviewed for this rare complication.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / microbiology*
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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
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BCG Vaccine / administration & dosage
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BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
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DNA, Bacterial
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Fatal Outcome
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Granuloma, Giant Cell / microbiology*
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Hepatitis / microbiology*
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Humans
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Immunotherapy, Active / adverse effects
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Instillation, Drug
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Male
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Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification
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Mycobacterium bovis / pathogenicity*
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy
Substances
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BCG Vaccine
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DNA, Bacterial