A case of BCG sepsis with bone marrow and liver involvement after intravesical BCG instillation

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-57

  Dederke, B ^a   Riecken, E O ^a   Weinke, T ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM ERNST VON BERGMANN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; LIVER ENZYME; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVESICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031975529     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02768758     Document Type: Article

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