Bcg Vaccine

The BCG vaccine appeared associated with a significantly lower rate of and risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among patients with nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

There is an association between certain types of commensal urinary microbiome bacteria found in the urinary tract and a clinical response to bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy for patients with early-stage urothelial bladder cancer, according to results of an investigator-initiated, single institution pilot study presented at Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meeting.

Bacille Calmette-Guérin, or BCG, vaccination is associated with a lower prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in adult TB contacts and could protect against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, according to results published in Journal of Infectious Diseases.