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Chest Wall Abscess Due to Mycobacterium bovis BCG after Intravesical BCG Therapy Hajime Kanamori a , b , Katsuhiko Isogami c , Takashi Hatakeyama d , Hiroo Saito a , b , Kazuyoshi Shimada c , Bine Uchiyama a , Noboru Aso a and Mitsuo Kaku b a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan b Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Internal Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan c Department of Thoracic Surgery, Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Semine, Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan d Department of Microbiology, Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan ABSTRACT We report a case of chest wall abscess caused by Mycobacterium bovis BCG that arose as a complication 1 year after intravesical BCG instillation. We identified M. bovis BCG Tokyo 172 in the abscess by PCR-based typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and analysis of variable number of tandem repeats data.Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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