A Controlled Trial of Early Adjunctive Treatment with Corticosteroids for<i>Pneumocystis carinii</i>Pneumonia in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

A. Bozzette, Samuel; R. Sattler, Fred; Chiu, Joseph; W. Wu, Albert; Gluckstein, Daniel; A. Kemper, Carol; E. Bartok, Angie; Niosi, Jeannie; Abramson, Ian; D Coffman, J; Hughlett, Claire; Loya, Ronaldo; Cassens, B.J.; Akil, Bisher; Meng, Tze‐Chiang; Thomas Boylen, C.; M. Nielsen, Donald; D. Richman, Douglas; G. Tilles, Jeremiah; M. Leedom, John; Allen McCutchan, J.

doi:10.1056/nejm199011223232104

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A Controlled Trial of Early Adjunctive Treatment with Corticosteroids forPneumocystis cariniiPneumonia in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 22, 1990

Authors:

Samuel A. Bozzette

Fred R. Sattler

Joseph Chiu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia remains a common cause of serious morbidity and mortality in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The extensive lung injury that accompanies pneumocystis-associated respiratory failure and the reports of clinical benefit from the use...

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Medicine

Pneumocystis carinii

Pneumonia

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