Mycobacterial Osteomyelitis of the Spine Following Intravesical BCG Therapy for Bladder Cancer

Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone that can involve the vertebral column. A rare cause of vertebral osteomyelitis is Mycobacterium bovis after intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. In this report, we describe the case of a 64-year-...

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Autores principales: Mackel, Charles E, Burke, Shane M, Huhta, Taylor, Riesenburger, Ron, Weller, Simcha J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
Urology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158574
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.545

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158574
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.545

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