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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia due to corticosteroids
Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.), Vol.85(1), pp.52-53
01/1992
PMID: 1734541
Web of Science ID: WOS:A1992HB46400017
Abstract
A patient receiving long-term corticosteroid therapy for asthma had two episodes of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) 8 years apart. She had no other causes of immunosuppression. Experimental evidence indicates that corticosteroid administration causes a reduction in T lymphocytes mediated by suppression of cytokines. Corticosteroid therapy is a rare but possible independent predisposition to PCP.
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- Title
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia due to corticosteroids
- Publication Details
- Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.), Vol.85(1), pp.52-53
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Copyright
- © Southern Medical Association
- Identifiers
- WOS:A1992HB46400017; 99380182042106600
- Academic Unit
- Public Health; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English