Background: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is recommended for newborn infants worldwide to prevent tuberculosis. However, complications do occur inevitably in a very low rate, among which the most serious is disseminated disease. The disseminated bacillus Calmette–Guérin disease is a rare disease with high fatality, and can be seen among persons with an underlying immunodeficiency. ...

Treatment of C57BL/6 mice with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin i.p. 8 days prior to the induction of leukopenia by cyclophosphamide (300 mg/kg i.p.) significantly (p less than 0.002) increased peripheral granulocyte counts on each day during the recovery from leukopenia. The recovery of lymphocyte counts was unaffected by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin treatment. Further experiments indicated that the accel...

Phylogenetic analyses were performed on the 17 taxa in the subtribe Brachysternina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) as a means of resolving classification conflicts and of identifying monophyletic groups. Results demonstrated that the subtribe is monophyletic and is composed of three monophyletic genera: Aulacopalpus Guérin-Méneville (nine species), Brachysternus Guérin-Mén...

We report an unusual complication of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for superficial bladder cancer, namely, retention of urine secondary to prostatic Bacillus Calmette-Guérin infection and abscess. A summary of the literature together with a review of its management is discussed.

phosphodiesterases  (pde)  hydrolyse intracellular camp  and  cgmp  to  inactive  5’ monophosphates. decreased level of camp is involved in the pathogenesis of asthma. we and others have shown that phosphodiesterases were upregulated in the lung of allergic rats, and bacilli calmette-guérin (bcg) induced the production of camp in vitro. however, it is unclear how bcg’s effect asthma and whether...

background: tuberculosis is an essential problem for healthcare systems especially in developing countries . all newborns are given bacillus calmette-guérin (bcg) vaccine in iran which is prepared from live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, and is given to protect against tuberculosis. osteomyelitis secondary to bcg vaccination is rare and usually involves epiphysis of long tubular bones. methods: ...

Remarks on Laius Guérin-Méneville and Dicranolaius Champion are provided. Laius falcifer Champion, 1921 is designated as the type species of Dicranolaius Champion, 1921. Dicranolaius bellulus is attributed to Boisduval (1835) not to Guérin-Méneville (1830). Dicranolaius c-purpureus (Lea) is redescribed and two closely related new species are described: D. weiri sp. n., and D. similis sp. n. Int...

Thirty-eight patients with advanced, inoperable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck were randomized to receive methotrexate alone or methotrexate with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. The response rates with methotrexate (3 of 19) and methotrexate plus B. Calmette-Guérin (4 of 16) were similar, as was the duration of response and survival of the two groups. The results of in vitro immunologic...