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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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-01-01
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| Series: | IDCases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250923000975 |