Adjunctive Corticosteroids decreased the risk of mortality of non-HIV Pneumocystis Pneumonia

Objectives: A mortality rate of non-human immunodeficiency virus–infected pneumocystis pneumonia (non-HIV PCP) is 30–60%. But the effectiveness of adjunctive corticosteroids with trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole has been unclear, and we examined whether it lowered risk of mortality in non-HIV PCP. Meth...

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Main Authors: Norihiko Inoue, Kiyohide Fushimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218349506