A severe complication of intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin: An effect of different strains

Li Sian Low; David Scholtz; John Leyland; Shiva Madhwan Nair

Urology Case Reports (May 2021)

A severe complication of intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin: An effect of different strains

Li Sian Low,
David Scholtz,
John Leyland,
Shiva Madhwan Nair

Affiliations

Li Sian Low: Corresponding author.; Urology Department, Level B1, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
David Scholtz: Urology Department, Level B1, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
John Leyland: Urology Department, Level B1, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
Shiva Madhwan Nair: Urology Department, Level B1, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 36
p. 101592

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The use of intravesical BCG has improved the survival and outcomes in the treatment of bladder cancer. However, the worldwide shortage of OncoTice BCG has caused disruption and changes in treatment regimes, leading to use of alternative strains. We describe a severe complication as the result of using intravesical SII Onco BCG for the treatment bladder cancer, in an 82 year old man presenting with granulomatous epididymo-orchitis.

Published in Urology Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-4420 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
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