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ArticleASM case reports2026

Sierra Amaya, Steven N Schwartz, James E Kirby, Hemant Varma

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Article in ASM case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sierra Amaya *Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Steven N Schwartz *Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
James E KirbyDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0392-4500
Hemant VarmaDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0251-3793

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy with live-attenuated form of Case Summary: MRI at initial presentation revealed a dural-based left frontoparietal mass. Histological examination of the resected tissue revealed granulation tissue, necrosis, and lymphohistiocytic inflammation. Stains for organisms and cultures were negative, as was broad-range PCR. Two additional CNS resections performed followed detection of new lesions on follow-up. A mycobacterial culture from abscess fluid from the last resection recovered Conclusion: This case represents one of the rare documented reports of an

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BCGbrain abscessCNS infectionMycobacterium bovis

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PMID42683360
PMCPMC13532233

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