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Association between tocilizumab treatment of hyperinflammatory patients with COVID-19 in a critical care setting and elevated incidence of hospital-acquired bacterial and invasive fungal infections
BACKGROUND: Tocilizumab is an interleukin-6 inhibitor that reduces mortality and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, while increasing the possibility of successful hospital discharge for hyperinflammatory patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). No increase in adverse even...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9033628/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35472487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2022.04.007 |