Use of corticosteroids in treating infectious diseases
McGee S;Hirschmann J;;
archives of internal medicine2008Vol. 168pp. -
330
s2008archivesuse
Abstract
Clinicians have generally avoided prescribing corticosteroids for active infection because of their known immunosuppressive effects and concern about long-term complications. We conducted a review of the published randomized, double-blind trials comparing corticosteroids and placebo in infections. E …