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Disseminated bacillus calmette-guerin infection: Which Medications Cause It? (429 Reports Across 35 Drugs)

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Disseminated bacillus calmette-guerin infection has been reported as an adverse event with 35 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 429 total reports. 70 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Disseminated bacillus calmette-guerin infection are BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN SUBSTRAIN TICE LIVE ANTIGEN, BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN ANTIGEN, UNSPECIFIED SUBSTRAIN, and BCG VACCINE.

429
Total Reports
35
Drugs Involved
70
Deaths
202
Hospitalizations
63.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
9.7% / 90.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Disseminated bacillus calmette-guerin infection Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN SUBSTRAIN TICE LIVE ANTIGEN 135 7.0% 13 68 11
BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN ANTIGEN, UNSPECIFIED SUBSTRAIN 127 30.5% 17 59 2
BCG VACCINE 87 20.8% 15 32 0
FLUDARABINE 30 0.1% 6 6 0
LAMIVUDINE 27 0.2% 2 3 0
PREDNISONE 26 0.0% 16 19 4
ETHAMBUTOL 25 0.3% 8 14 1
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 25 0.0% 14 11 0
RIFAMPIN 25 0.2% 11 15 0
STAVUDINE 25 1.0% 2 3 0
ISONIAZID 22 0.3% 9 12 0
TACROLIMUS 22 0.0% 11 8 0
TREOSULFAN 22 1.3% 5 4 0
BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN SUBSTRAIN CONNAUGHT LIVE ANTIGEN 20 24.7% 1 18 2
LAPINE T-LYMPHOCYTE IMMUNE GLOBULIN 15 0.2% 2 2 0
THIOTEPA 15 0.2% 3 4 0
RITUXIMAB 14 0.0% 0 4 1
CYCLOSPORINE 13 0.0% 7 1 0
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 12 0.0% 1 7 1
METHOTREXATE 10 0.0% 0 8 4

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Disseminated bacillus calmette-guerin infection

87 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)