Adjunctive corticosteroids therapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome owing to disseminated coccidioidomycosis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1896-1898

  Shibli, Muhammad ^a,b   Ghassibi, Joseph ^a   Hajal, Rizan ^a   O'Sullivan, Mary ^a  

^a St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Coccidioidomycosis; Corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036342475     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200208000-00037     Document Type: Article

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