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. 1977 Sep;12(3):438–439. doi: 10.1128/aac.12.3.438

Methicillin Hemorrhagic Cystitis

R Bracis 1, C V Sanders 2, D N Gilbert 1
PMCID: PMC429934  PMID: 907335

Abstract

Interstitial nephritis is a recognized complication of methicillin therapy. Hemorrhagic cystitis due to methicillin has not been emphasized. Evidence of hemorrhagic cystitis developed in six patients receiving methicillin therapy and was confirmed by cystoscopy in three of them.

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