Gluteal abscess: An unusual complication of Bacille Calmette-Guerin

Buyukoglan H., GÜLMEZ I., TUTAR N., OYMAK F. S., Kanbay A., Demir R.

ANNALS OF THORACIC MEDICINE, vol.6, no.4, pp.235-236, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 6 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.4103/1817-1737.84780
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF THORACIC MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.235-236
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) has been used extensively as a vaccine against human tuberculosis. Herein, we describe gluteal tuberculosis abscess due to inadvertently injected BCG a patient with bladder cancer.