The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App

BCG therapy (topical instillations in the urinary bladder)

Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

LIX.f

Tuberculosis, miliary

Publications

Birner C, Hackenbroch C, Gagiannis D

Miliary Pneumonia as a Complication of BCG Instillation.

Deutsches Arzteblatt international 2024 Jan 26;121 — 2024 Jan 26 — 51

Iantorno R, Nicolai M, Storto ML, Ciccotosto C, Cipollone G, Mastroprimiano G, Tenaglia RL

Miliary tuberculosis of the lung in a patient treated with bacillus Calmette-Guerin for superficial bladder cancer.

The Journal of urology 1998 May;159;1639-40 — 1998 May — 1639-40