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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |