Inhaled corticosteroids and risk of recurrent pneumonia: A population-based, nested case-control study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1138-1144

  Eurich, Dean T ^a,b   Lee, Colin ^c   Marrie, Thomas J ^d   Majumdar, Sumit R ^a,b  

^a University Terrace   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corticosteroids; elderly; ICS; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORTICOSTEROIDS; ELDERLY; ICS; PNEUMONIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884968553     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit472     Document Type: Article

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