Tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy
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Epididymo-orchitis following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy.
OBJECTIVE To describe a case of epididymo-orchitis that developed four years after treatment with intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and to review the incidence of this adverse effect. DATA SOURCES Information about the patient was obtained from the medical chart. A MEDLINE search of English-language literature (from January 1976 to April 1999) was conducted. STUDY SELECTION All ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjz212