Detection of bacillus Calmette-Guerin in the blood by the polymerase chain reaction method of treated bladder cancer patients

Tuncer, S; Tekin, MI; Ozen, H; Bilen, C; ÜNAL, SERHAT; Remzi, D

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(01)68169-2

Detection of bacillus Calmette-Guerin in the blood by the polymerase chain reaction method of treated bladder cancer patients

Tuncer S., Tekin M., Ozen H., Bilen C., ÜNAL S., Remzi D.

JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol.158, no.6, pp.2109-2112, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 158 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 1997
Doi Number: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)68169-2
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.2109-2112
Keywords: bladder neoplasms, BCG vaccine, polymerase chain reaction, MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS, BCG IMMUNOTHERAPY, COMPLICATIONS, AMPLIFICATION, INTERLEUKIN-2, BACTEREMIA, DIAGNOSIS, DNA
Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: Following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) instillation, we attempted to detect BCG in the blood using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and correlate these findings with the occurrence of major complications due to this treatment.