Corticosteroid Use and Pneumocystis Pneumonia Prophylaxis: A Teachable Moment

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Aug 1;178(8):1106-1107. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2387.

Authors

Jaclyn LoPiccolo¹, Seema A Mehta², Evan J Lipson³

Affiliations

¹ Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 29913012
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2387

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Oral
Adult
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
Bronchoscopy
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Follow-Up Studies
Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
Humans
Male
Pneumocystis carinii / isolation & purification
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / prevention & control*
Prednisone / administration & dosage*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Prednisone