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Use of Corticosteroids in Treating Infectious Diseases
archives of internal medicine, vol. 168, no. 10, pp. 1034–1046, 2008
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. Except in some trials of viral infections, sore throat, and cerebral cysticercosis, all patients...
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Steven McGee; Jan Hirschmann. (2008). Use of Corticosteroids in Treating Infectious Diseases. archives of internal medicine, 168(10), 1034–1046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.168.10.1034
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