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A rare case of vertebral osteomyelitis with associated epidural abscess complicating BCG immunotherapy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis was first described as a vaccine against tuberculosis in 1921. The use of intravesical BCG to treat non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) was first described by Morales in 1921. The therapeutic effect of BCG is rela...

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Autores principales: Berneri, Massimo, Murray, Fionnuala, Davel, Sue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10176054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37187939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01773