Common Infections in Patients Prescribed Systemic Glucocorticoids in Primary Care: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Little is known about the relative risk of common bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections in the general population of individuals exposed to systemic glucocorticoids, or about the impact of glucocorticoid exposure duration and predisposing factors on this risk.The hazard ratios of variou...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4878789?pdf=render |