Tuberculous prostatic abscess following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy.

Chin Med J (Engl)

Department of Urology, Shanxi Tumor Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030013, China.

Published: September 2019

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