<i>Mycobacterium bovis</i> BCG osteoarticular infection complicating immune therapy for bladder cancer: a case report
Rebecca Stern, Clay Roscoe, Elizabeth Ann Misch
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection · 2021-02
Abstract
Abstract. Osteoarticular infection with Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is a rare complication of bladder cancer treatment with intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guèrin (BCG). We describe a case of disseminated Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection masquerading as a chronic prosthetic joint infection in a patient with several risk factors for progressive mycobacterial infection.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Medicine
- Bladder cancer
- Immune system
- Complication
- Mycobacterium
- Bacillus (shape)
- Cancer
- Immunology
- Internal medicine