Disseminated BCG infection in patients with urinary bladder carcinoma
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Disseminated BCG infection.
Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) infection after innoculation of live vaccine is considered to result from impaired immunity. However, in half of the cases, regarded as idiopathic, no well-defined immunodeficiency condition can account for the infection. The objective of this study was to report the prevalence, clinical features, associated infections, and outcome of children with id...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicinski pregled
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0025-8105,1820-7383
DOI: 10.2298/mpns0912592k