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BCG Osteoarticular Infection Complicating Immune Therapy for Bladder Cancer: a Case Report

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Date 2021 Jun 4
PMID 34084698
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Osteoarticular infection with () is a rare complication of bladder cancer treatment with intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guèrin (BCG). We describe a case of disseminated BCG infection masquerading as a chronic prosthetic joint infection in a patient with several risk factors for progressive mycobacterial infection.

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