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  • Title: [Polyarthritis as a rare complication in BCG immunoprophylaxis of urinary bladder cancer].
    Author: Varentsov GI, Zakhmatov IuM, Kornev AI, Otvetchikov IN.
    Journal: Urologiia; 1999; (5):29-30. PubMed ID: 11150151.
    Abstract:
    Vaccine BCG instillations as immunoprophylaxis of superficial cancer of the urinary bladder (UB) are likely to entail side effects and serious complications. A rare case is reported of hypersensitivity reaction to M. tuberculosis with involvement of the joints. Polyarthritis was controlled with antituberculous treatment in combination with steroid hormones.
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