A report of iliac muscle abscess due to Mycobacterium bovis after bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy for bladder cancer

South Med J. 2010 Apr;103(4):369-70. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181d38ff1.

Abstract

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is traditionally used for vaccination against tuberculosis. BCG vaccine contains live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis. Intravesical BCG is also effective in treatment of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Complications after intravesical BCG immunotherapy are extremely rare. We report an iliac muscle abscess due to M bovis that developed 4 years after intravesical BCG therapy for bladder cancer. Infection with M bovis, though rare, should be considered in patients with prior BCG therapy for bladder cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / etiology
  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Aged
  • BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • BCG Vaccine / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / therapy*
  • Female
  • Groin
  • Humans
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis
  • Mycobacterium Infections / etiology*
  • Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification
  • Myositis / diagnosis
  • Myositis / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine