Ruptured Carotid Mycotic Tuberculoid Aneurysm from Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
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Bacillus Calmette-Guerin cystitis after intravesical therapy.
Dear Editor, Since 1976 Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (an attenuated form of wild type Mycobacterium bovis; BCG) has been extensively used for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer. It is a safe and well tolerated treatment with rare adverse events including allergic reactions, granoulomatous prostitidis or epididymo-orchitis, disseminated infection and BCG sepsis1. Although cystitis is not an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.08.080