Mycobacterium Bovis Spondylodiscitis: A Rare Complication of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy

Frédéric Quatannens; Peter Matthys; Charles-Edouard Heylen

doi:10.5334/jbsr.2626

Mycobacterium Bovis Spondylodiscitis: A Rare Complication of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy

J Belg Soc Radiol. 2022 Jul 6;106(1):65. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.2626. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Frédéric Quatannens¹, Peter Matthys², Charles-Edouard Heylen²

Affiliations

¹ KU Leuven, BE.
² Sint-Elisabeth, BE.

Abstract

Teaching point: Mycobacterium bovis spondylodiscitis is a rare, often delayed, complication of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for bladder cancer.

Keywords: BCG therapy; mycobacterium bovis; spondylodiscitis.

Publication types

Case Reports