Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guerin infections after intravesical therapy

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

سال: 2014

ISSN: 0255-0857

DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.142254