No evidence for the effectiveness of systemic corticosteroids in acute pharyngitis, community-acquired pneumonia and acute otitis media

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-160

  Principi, N ^a   Bianchini, S ^a   Baggi, E ^a   Esposito, S ^a  

^a Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETAMETHASONE; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IBUPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INDICATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872605587     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1747-y     Document Type: Review

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