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A rare mutation causing autosomal dominant STAT1 deficiency in a South African multiplex kindred with disseminated BCG infection
BackgroundAutosomal dominant signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) deficiency, part of the Mendelian susceptibility to...
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Comparison of the efficacy of BCG intravesical immunotherapy using the conventional Rotisserie method with the non-Rotisserie method
BackgroundIntravesical BCG injections are administered following transurethral resection of the superficial bladder tumor in order to increase the...
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Severe BCG immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome lymphadenitis successfully managed with pre-antiretroviral counseling and a non-surgical approach: a case report
BackgroundBacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) reactions are the most common cause of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in HIV-positive...
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What can go wrong when doing right? A pictorial review of iatrogenic genitourinary complications
A growing number of treatments for genitourinary diseases can result in various iatrogenic complications. Multimodality imaging in the...
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A new neonatal BCG vaccination pathway in England: a mixed methods evaluation of its implementation
IntroductionThe introduction of a national evaluation of newborn screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in England triggered a change...
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Culture-proven disseminated Mycobacterium Bovis infection (BCG-Osis) following intravesical BCG immunotherapy in a patient with bladder carcinoma-in-situ: ‘Case report’
We are reporting a case of culture-proven disseminated Mycobacterium Bovis infection (BCG-Osis), involving lung, bone-marrow and urinary tract, after...
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Complications of intravesical BCG therapy in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: our tertiary care centre experience
BackgroundUrothelial bladder carcinoma accounts for around 3.9% cases of all the male cancers in India. Non-muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma (NMIBC)...
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The use of natural killer cell activity and PPD test in the prediction of results in intravesical BCG treatment of patients with nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer
PurposeTo predict the efficacy of intravesical BCG therapy in patients with nonmuscle-invasive bladder tumors (NIBC) by using components of the...
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BCG osteomyelitis: tips for diagnosis
ObjectiveTo report the clinical and imaging characteristics of BCG-osteomyelitis, and compare them with those of pyogenic osteomyelitis.
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