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Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia: A Lethal Complication of “Pulse” Methylprednisolone Therapy

Published:1987-09 Issue:5 Volume:10 Page:304-306
ISSN:0391-3988
Container-title:The International Journal of Artificial Organs
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Artif Organs

Author:

Kozeny G.A.¹,Quinn J.P.²,Bansal V.K.¹,Vertuno L.L.¹,Hano E.¹

Affiliation:

1. Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A.

2. Sections of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases

Abstract

A previously healthy, HIV-negative, 67-year-old man developed rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Following “pulse” methylprednisolone therapy he developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. This complication should be recognized as a potential hazard of “pulse” steroid therapy.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Biomedical Engineering,Biomaterials,General Medicine,Medicine (miscellaneous),Bioengineering

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/039139888701000507

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