Mycobacterium bovis abdominal aortic and femoral artery aneurysms following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for bladder cancer

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Costiniuk, Cecilia T ^a   Sharapov, Anton A ^a   Rose, Gregory W ^a   Veinot, John P ^a   Desjardins, Marc ^a   Brandys, Tim M ^a   Suh, Kathryn N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BCG; bladder cancer; mycobacteria; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycotic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER CANCER; CASE REPORT; DACRON IMPLANT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; TISSUE CULTURE CELL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; AGED; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BCG VACCINE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 75149187508     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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