A severe Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vertebral osteomyelitis requiring spinal stabilization: a clinical and microbiological investigation

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2023 Jun;56(3):641-643. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2022.09.007. Epub 2022 Oct 3.

¹ Infectious Diseases and Septic Orthopedics Unit, ASL2 Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy.
² Orthopedic Unit, ASL2 Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy.
³ Microbiology Unit, ASL2 Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy.
⁴ IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
⁵ Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address: vincenzo.dipilato@unige.it.
⁶ IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy; Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

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Keywords: BCG instillation; Bladder cancer; Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. bovis; Vertebral osteomyelitis.

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