A rare lung complication of intra-bladder BCG therapy;Complication pulmonaire rare d'un traitement par BCG intravesical

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 679-681

  Audigier, C ^a   Nesme, P ^a   Perol, M ^a   Guerin, J C ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

BCG therapy; Intra bladder instillation; Pulmonary granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BCG VACCINATION; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG INSTILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; BIOPSY; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; INSTILLATION, DRUG; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033931074     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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