https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2428

Mycobacterium bovis BCG: the importance of an accurate identification in the diagnostic routine

Vol. 25 No. 3 (2010)
Submitted: 14 February 2014
Accepted: 14 February 2014
Published: 30 September 2010
M. bovis BCG, bladder cancer, genotyping MTB complex
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Antonella Grottola
antonella.grottola@unimore.it
Anna Fabio
Anna MT Sabbatini
Giuliana Fabio,
Mariagrazia Apice
Alessia Di Nauta
Giulia Forbicini
Annunziata La Regina
Sara Tagliazucchi
Monica Pecorari
Fabio Rumpianesi
Chiara Casolari
M. bovis BCG is used clinically in the immunotherapy treatment of superficial bladder cancer to prevent progression to invasive disease, leading in some cases to a severe localized inflammation or disseminated infections. For this reason, an accurate and early identification of this particular microorganism is clinically relevant.We describe a case-report of bladder cancer with a urine culture-positive for mycobacteria initially diagnosed as MTB complex infection and later identified as BCG disease by molecular methods.

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Grottola, A., Fabio, A., Sabbatini, A. M., Fabio, G., Apice, M., Di Nauta, A., Forbicini, G., La Regina, A., Tagliazucchi, S., Pecorari, M., Rumpianesi, F., & Casolari, C. (2010). Mycobacterium bovis BCG: the importance of an accurate identification in the diagnostic routine. Microbiologia Medica, 25(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2428

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