Unusual Infections Complicating the Use of Steroids with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: Report of 2 Cases

Unusual Infections Complicating the Use of Steroids with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: Report of 2 Cases

Corticosteroid therapy for acute alcoholic hepatitis has been demonstrated to enhance survival in patients who are encephalopathic, and who do not have renal failure or gastrointestinal bleeding. However, the complications of steroid therapy in such patients have been less well documented. The autho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Vitor Arantes, Pina Michieletti, Ross Cameron, Jenny Heathcote, Morris Sherman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 1995-01-01
Series:	Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/641296

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