https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2024.12449

Does intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin for bladder cancer protect from COVID-19?

Vol. 96 No. 2 (2024)
Submitted: March 4, 2024
Accepted: March 28, 2024
Published: May 9, 2024
Bladder cancer, BCG, COVID-19
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Authors

Anastasia MacDonald
Department of Urology, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Lexia Bao
Department of Urology, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada.
Vahid Mehrnoush
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1047-7713
Department of Urology, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Asmaa Ismail
Department of Urology, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Livio Di Matteo
Department of Economics, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Ahmed Zakaria
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4582-9969
Department of Urology, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Hazem Elmansy
Department of Urology, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Peter Black
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2919-7068
Department of Urology, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada.
Ahmed Kotb
drahmedfali@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1484-1332
Department of Urology, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.

Introduction: The study aimed to correlate the history of intravesical BCG as well as infantile BCG immunization with the incidence and severity of COVID-19 infection.
Methods: Retrospective data collection of patients with high-risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) from two Canadian centers. Data collection included a history of BCG instillation, infantile immunization, and the development of COVID-19 infection. Admission and/or mortality because of COVID-19 was reported.
Results: We could include data from 348 patients: including 188 and 160 patients from Ontario and British Columbia respectively. COVID-19 affected 15% of these patients. Intravesical BCG was used in 44% of these patients. Intravesical BCG and/or infantile BCG immunization did not correlate with the incidence of COVID-19 infection.
Conclusions: Previous intravesical BCG and/ or a history of infantile BCG vaccination were not more/ less frequent in patients who had COVID-19 infection.

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MacDonald, A., Bao, L., Mehrnoush, V., Ismail, A., Di Matteo, L., Zakaria, A., Elmansy, H., Black, P., & Kotb, A. (2024). Does intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin for bladder cancer protect from COVID-19?. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 96(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2024.12449
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