Corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy for severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in non-human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: Retrospective study of 31 patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 670-672

  Delclaux, Christophe ^a   Zahar, Jean Ralph ^b   Amraoui, Gibba ^b   Leleu, Ghislaine ^b   Lebargy, François ^b   Brochard, Laurent ^b   Schlemmer, Benoit ^b   Brun Buisson, Christian ^b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032843162     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598651     Document Type: Article

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