A novel coronavirus has emerged in late 2019 capable of causing a severe respiratory disease known as COVID-19. Its pathogenesis appears to be the initiation of an immune response and resulting cytokine storm that damages the healthy lung tissue of the host. Some epidemiological studies found bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine can help to decrease morbidity and mortality of the viral infection. We aim to review and summarize what is known about COVID-19 and the current implications of intravesical BCG with regard to the disease.
SN comprehensive clinical medicine. 2020 Aug 18 [Epub ahead of print]
Cale E Leeson, Asmaa Ismail, Mohamed M Hashad, Hazem Elmansy, Walid Shahrour, Owen Prowse, Ahmed Kotb
Urology Department, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada., Urology Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.