1171. Lower Mortality with Adjuvant Corticosteroid Therapy in non-HIV Infected Patients with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: A Single US Cohort Study and a Proposed Novel Mechanism of Corticosteroids

BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) remains a cause of mortality in HIV-negative patients. The clinical benefit of adjuvant corticosteroids given at the time of PJP antimicrobial therapy in these patients is uncertain. This study aimed to determine if corticosteroids reduced mortality...

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Autores principales: Mundo, William, Franco-Paredes, Carlos, Johnson, Steven C, Shapiro, Leland, Henao-Martinez, Andres
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7777470/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1357

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