<i>Mycobacterium bovis</i>epidural abscess following Bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy for bladder cancer
Hanish Jain, Kunal Gada, Syed Zaidi, Elizabeth Asiago‐Reddy, Ambika Eranki
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings · 2019-08
Abstract
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is derived from attenuated Mycobacterium bovis. It is the most common intravesical immunotherapy for treating early stage bladder cancer. Pott’s disease is a form of mycobacterial infection that involves the vertebrae. This case highlights an unusual presentation of epidural abscess infection with M. bovis following BCG therapy for bladder cancer.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Medicine
- Immunotherapy
- Bladder cancer
- Bacillus (shape)
- Abscess
- BCG vaccine
- Tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium
- Cancer
- Surgery