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Case Report

Disseminated BCG sepsis following intravesical therapy for Bladder Carcinoma: A case report and review of literature

Oreoluwa Oladirana Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital, Tower Health System, Reading, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ifeanyi Nwosub Department of Internal Medicine, Leighton Hospital NHS Trust, Crewe, UK
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Adeolu Oladunjoyec Division of Medical Critical Care, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Olubunmi Oladunjoyea Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital, Tower Health System, Reading, PA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2749-6099
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Pages 168-170 | Received 01 Feb 2020, Accepted 27 Feb 2020, Published online: 21 May 2020

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