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Disseminated BCG sepsis following intravesical therapy for Bladder Carcinoma: A case report and review of literature

Intravesical instillation of Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a live-attenuated-strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is an established treatment for superficial bladder carcinoma. Although generally well tolerated, 1/15,000 patients can develop life-threatening disseminated-BCG-infection typically soon aft...

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Autores principales: Oladiran, Oreoluwa, Nwosu, Ifeanyi, Oladunjoye, Adeolu, Oladunjoye, Olubunmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7425612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32850058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1742475