Mycotic infrarenal aortic aneurysm due to mycobacterium after intravesical treatment for bladder cancer

Mycotic infrarenal aortic aneurysm due to mycobacterium after intravesical treatment for bladder cancer

Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, a live-attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is a common adjuvant therapy for bladder cancer with a low incidence of serious adverse events. The case described herein illustrates a rare complication of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin i...

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Main Authors: Steve Thanh D. Pham, BS, Ashton Lee, MD, Janin S. Struminger, MD, Kenneth M. Belkoff, DO, Bernardo Mendoza, MD, Scott S. Berman, MD, MHA, FACS, DFSVS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Subjects:
Mycotic aneurysm
Mycobacterium bovis infection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428721000368

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