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[BCG osteoarthritis on knee prosthesis after intra-vesical BCG therapy]
P Chazerain1, N Desplaces, J M Ziza
1Service de Médecine Interne et Rhumatologie, Hôpital de la Croix Saint-Simon, Paris.
Revue Du Rhumatisme Et Des Maladies Osteo-Articulaires
|December 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of Calmette-Guérin bacillus (BCG) infection of a knee implant during intravesical BCG-therapy is reported. The course was favorable after replacement of the implant and administration of antituberculous agents. This case of septic osteoarthritis due to the BCG is different from cases of reactive polyarthritis reported after intravesical instillations of BCG. It probably resulted from diffusion of the BCG via the bloodstream.