A 57-year-old man with fever and jaundice after intravesical instillation of bacille Calmette-Guerin for bladder cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 831-837

  Barza, M J ^a   Blum, J H ^a   Graeme Cook, F M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIKACIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BCG VACCINE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVESICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0008925348     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199809173391209     Document Type: Article

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