@article {5162,
	title = {Detection of bacillus Galmette-Gu{\'e}rin (Mycobacterium bovis BCG) DNA in urine and blood specimens after intravesical immunotherapy for bladder carcinoma.},
	journal = {J Clin Microbiol},
	volume = {49},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011 Apr},
	pages = {1206-8},
	abstract = {A real-time PCR targeting IS6110 was employed for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in specimens collected from 10 patients treated with intravesical M. bovis bacillus Galmette-Gu{\'e}rin (BCG) immunotherapy for bladder malignancy. BCG DNA was detected in all urine specimens taken 24 h after the instillations, as well as in 24\% of the specimens collected 7 days after the instillations; it was also detected in a single specimen taken 6 weeks after the last instillation. BCG DNA was detected in 8.3\% of the blood specimens taken 1 day after instillation, and its amplification was associated with cases of self-limiting fever. These findings give indications that this real-time PCR is helpful to recognize BCG bacteremic cases, which may lead to mycobacterial infection.},
	keywords = {Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Blood, Carcinoma, DEAD-box RNA Helicases, DNA Primers, DNA Transposable Elements, DNA, Bacterial, Female, Humans, Immunotherapy, Male, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium bovis, polymerase chain reaction, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Urine},
	issn = {1098-660X},
	doi = {10.1128/JCM.01595-10},
	author = {Siatelis, Argyrios and Houhoula, Dimitra P and Papaparaskevas, Joseph and Delakas, Dimitrios and Tsakris, Athanassios}
}
