Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) spondylitis with adjacent mycotic aortic aneurysm after intravesical BCG therapy: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Although intravesical bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy is accepted as an effective treatment for bladder cancer, serious complications may occur in rare cases. To date, only 4 cases have been reported in which the patient developed a combination of mycotic aortic aneurysm an...

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Autori principali:	Takuya Kusakabe, Kenji Endo, Itaru Nakamura, Hidekazu Suzuki, Hirosuke Nishimura, Shinji Fukushima, Kengo Yamamoto
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	BMC 2018-06-01
Serie:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Soggetti:	Intravesical BCG therapy BCG spondylitis Mycotic aortic aneurysm T-SPOT Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) Case report
Accesso online:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3205-7
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