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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;3(3):259-261.
doi: 10.1016/j.euo.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

COVID-19 and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: What is the Link?

Paul K Hegarty  1 , John P Sfakianos  2 , Gianluca Giannarini  3 , Andrew R DiNardo  4 , Ashish M Kamat  5
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Editorial

COVID-19 and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: What is the Link?

Paul K Hegarty et al. Eur Urol Oncol. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

The debate around the role of vaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin has revived right in the time of the Coronavirus disease 19 pandemic. Since Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is one of the most commonly delivered therapies in urology, in this editorial we discuss some points that we think will be of interest and guidance to practicing urologists during this public health emergency.

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(A) Map of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination policy in Europe by country. Red denotes countries without a current BCG vaccination program. Data courtesy of the BCG World Atlas . (B) Screenshot of a heat map of COVID-19 cases in Europe from the European Centre for Disease Prevention Control website on March 22, 2020.
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