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Table 3 Adverse effects and complications of BCG

From: Complications of intravesical BCG therapy in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: our tertiary care centre experience

Organ or system involved

Number of the patients

No organ affected

62

Bladder

 Cystitis

39

 Contracture

2

Prostate

 Granulomatous prostatitis(GP)

5

 Prostatic abscess

2

Scrotum

 Granulomatous epididymo orchitis

4

 Testicular abscess

1

Upper urinary tract

 Pyelonephritis or renal abscess

2

 Renal granuloma

2

Penis balanitis

2

Systemic

 Fever

6

 Arthritis, conjunctivitis

3

 Granulomatous lymphadenitis

4

 Pulmonary granulomatous disease

3

 Granulomatous hepatitis

2

 Pneumonitis

2

 Salivary parotitis

2

 Mycotic aneurysms

1

 Miliary tuberculosis

1

 Disseminated BCG infection

1