A POTENTIAL COMPLICATION WHEN ADJUNCTIVE CORTICOSTEROID-THERAPY IS USED TO TREAT PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS

Authors
TULCZYNSKA J SHAPIRO JM SORDILLO EM SUSTER B OSULLIVAN MM
Citation
J. Tulczynska et al., A POTENTIAL COMPLICATION WHEN ADJUNCTIVE CORTICOSTEROID-THERAPY IS USED TO TREAT PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS, AIDS patient care, 9(3), 1995, pp. 104-105
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
AIDS patient care → ACNP
ISSN journal
08935068
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
104 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0893-5068(1995)9:3<104:APCWAC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Pulmonary nocardiosis developed in a patient with AIDS during the cour se of treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with adjunctive cort icosteroids. The radiographic features are presented. The patient resp onded to treatment with imipenem. This case illustrates a potential in fectious complication of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy.