Use of corticosteroids in treating infectious diseases

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Clinicians have generally avoided prescribing corticosteroids for active infection because of their known immunosuppressive effects and concern about long-term complications. We conducted a review of the published randomized, double-blind trials comparing corticosteroids and placebo in infections. E ā€¦
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Authors McGee S;Hirschmann J;;
Journal archives of internal medicine
Year 2008
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine treatment outcome drug therapy combination communicable diseases / drug therapy* cd4 lymphocyte count anti-infective agents / therapeutic use* pmid:18504331 doi:10.1001/archinte.168.10.1034 steven mcgee jan hirschmann glucocorticoids / therapeutic use* hiv infections

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