Inappropriate use of steroid and pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia: report of two cases

East Mediterr Health J. 2008 Sep-Oct;14(5):1217-21.

Authors

P Tabarsi¹, M Mirsaeidi, M Amiri, S Karimi, M R Masjedi, D Mansouri

Affiliation

¹ National Research Institute of TB and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. [email protected]

PMID: 19161096

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects*
Biopsy
Bronchial Hyperreactivity / drug therapy
Bronchoscopy
Critical Care
Doping in Sports
Fatal Outcome
Female
Glucocorticoids / adverse effects*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Male
Medical History Taking
Pneumocystis carinii*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / chemically induced*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / immunology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / therapy
Prednisolone / adverse effects*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Glucocorticoids
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Prednisolone