Legionella and Pneumocystis pneumonias in asthmatic children on high doses of systemic steroids

Asthma is increasingly treated as an inflammatory disease with inhaled and/or systemic corticosteroids. We report 3 cases of unusual pneumonias associated with high doses of oral steroids. Two patients contracted Legionella pneumonia and one patient contracted Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. With in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric pulmonology 1994-09, Vol.18 (3), p.135-138
Hauptverfasser:	Abernathy-Carver, K. J., Fan, L. L., Boguniewicz, M., Larsen, G. L., Leung, D. Y. M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asthma - complications Asthma - drug therapy Child Fatal Outcome Female Humans Immunocompetence - drug effects Legionellosis - etiology Legionnaires' Disease - etiology Male Methylprednisolone - administration & dosage Methylprednisolone - adverse effects Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - etiology Prednisone - administration & dosage Prednisone - adverse effects
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