Spectrum of Bacille Calmette‐Guerin (BCG) Infection after Intravesical BCG Immunotherapy
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Spectrum of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infection after intravesical BCG immunotherapy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/344908