Mycobacterium bovis BCG vertebral osteomyelitis after intravesical BCG therapy, diagnosed by PCR-based genomic deletion analysis.
J Clin Microbiol
; 45(12): 4085-7, 2007 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-17959764
ABSTRACT
We report a case of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vertebral osteomyelitis 1.8 years after intravesical BCG therapy for bladder cancer. We differentiated BCG from other Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex members by PCR analysis of deletion regions and started an appropriate chemotherapy regimen resulting in the remission of symptoms within 1 month.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Osteomielite
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Tuberculose
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Mycobacterium bovis
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article