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

XVIII.a

BAL: An excess proportion of lymphocytes

Publications

De Diego A, Rogado MC, Prieto M, Nauffal D, Perpiñá M

Disseminated pulmonary granulomas after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy.

Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases 1997;64;304-6 — 1997 — 304-6

Israel-Biet D, Venet A, Sandron D, Ziza JM, Chretien J

Pulmonary complications of intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy.

The American review of respiratory disease 1987 Mar;135;763-5 — 1987 Mar — 763-5