Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Spondylodiscitis after Intravesical BCG Therapy: A Case Report

Akihito Kawai; Sachiko Kawasaki; Tomoko Nishimura; Hideki Shigematsu; Masato Tanaka; Yasuhito Tanaka

doi:10.22603/ssrr.2022-0009

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Spondylodiscitis after Intravesical BCG Therapy: A Case Report

Spine Surg Relat Res. 2022 Jun 13;6(6):721-724. doi: 10.22603/ssrr.2022-0009. eCollection 2022 Nov 27.

Authors

Akihito Kawai¹, Sachiko Kawasaki¹, Tomoko Nishimura², Hideki Shigematsu¹, Masato Tanaka¹, Yasuhito Tanaka¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
² Center for Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.

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Keywords: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin spondylodiscitis; case report; immunocompromised state; intravesical BCG therapy; non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.