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Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Cases Reported to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System, United States, 2004–2015

Zimy WansaulaComments to Author , Jonathan M. WorthamComments to Author , Godwin Mindra, Maryam B. Haddad, Jorge L. Salinas, David Ashkin, Sapna B. Morris, Gail B. Grant, Smita Ghosh, and Adam J. Langer
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Z. Wansaula, J.M. Wortham, G. Mindra, M.B. Haddad, J.L. Salinas, S.B. Morris, G.B. Grant, S. Ghosh, A.J. Langer); Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (D. Ashkin)

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Table 2

Clinical characteristics, treatment duration, and outcomes of 13 male patients treated with BCG instillations for bladder cancer and subsequently reported to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System, 2014–2015*

Patient Type of complication Time from BCG instillation into bladder to diagnosis Site of culture specimen Duration of treatment Outcome
1 Asymptomatic <6 mo Urine Not treated Alive
2 Cystitis <1 mo Urine Not treated Alive
3 Cystitis 4 mo Urine 3 weeks Alive
4 Epididymo-orchitis ND Abscess 9 mo Alive
5 Disseminated ND Urine 2 wks Died
6 Left hip involvement ND Abscess 1 mo Died
7 Parotiditis (case report C) ND Abscess 4 mo Died
8 Prosthetic joint infection (case report B) 9 mo Synovial fluid ND Alive
9 Prosthetic joint infection (case report D) 4 y Abscess 9 mo Alive
10 Septicemia 1 y Blood ND ND
11 Septicemia, military (case report A) <1 mo Blood 9 mo Alive
12 Spondylodiscitis ND Abscess 1 mo Died
Spondylodiscitis 10 y Abscess 1 mo Died

*BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; ND, not documented in the medical and public health records that were available during the case reviews.

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