The Infectious Danger of Corticosteroids: A Fatal Case of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in a Non-HIV Patient Following Corticosteroid Use with Prophylaxis

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), historically regarded as an AIDS-defining illness, has been increasingly reported in non-HIV patients due to a myriad of risk factors resulting in immunosuppression. One of the more salient risk factors is corticosteroid use, including both low and high doses...

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Autor principal: Jagannathan, Megha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6834094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31763097
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5874

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