Q J Med 2001; 94: 719
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Systemic reactions after intravesical BCG instillation for bladder cancer
Department of Internal Medicine B
Department of Internal Medicine and Nutrition Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg France
Sir,
Systemic reactions after BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin) have seldom been described.1 We report two such cases, and show the potential efficacy of quinolone antibiotics.
The first patient was a 70-year-old man with sepsis syndrome, bone marrow and liver involvement (non-caseating epitheloid
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