Corticosteroids as adjunctive treatment in Austrian's syndrome (pneumococcal endocarditis, meningitis, and pneumonia): Report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 879-881

  Du Cheyron, D ^a,b   Lesage, A ^a   Le Page, O ^b   Flais, F ^b   Leclercq, R ^b   Charbonneau, P ^a  

^a University Hospital of Coen   (France)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AUSTRIAN SYNDROME; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0242491530     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.11.879     Document Type: Review

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