Bacille Calmette-Guérin Supply Disruption Emphasizes the Importance of Stewardship

Alejandro Abello; Patrick A. Kenney

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1692693

Revista Urología Colombiana / Colombian Urology Journal, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Revista Urología Colombiana / Colombian Urology Journal 2019; 28(03): 191-192
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1692693

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Sociedad Colombiana de Urología. Publicado por Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bacille Calmette-Guérin Supply Disruption Emphasizes the Importance of Stewardship

Alejandro Abello

¹Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, United States

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Patrick A. Kenney

¹Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, United States

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