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ArticleJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2022

Duration of prednisone treatment before development of

Ieta Shams, Catherine Ivory, Juthaporn Cowan

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Article in Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ieta ShamsFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Catherine IvoryDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Juthaporn CowanCentre of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6648-5109
University of Ottawa · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOptimal timing for

methodsAll patients with PCP at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) between 2006 and 2017 were identified. Using TOH data repositories, the following data were extracted: prednisone dosage, treatment duration, other immunosuppressive medications, PCP prophylaxis, PCP treatment, and death. Data were reported as median and range or as mean and standard deviation.

resultsWe identified seven patients (5 men, 2 women) with biopsy-proven vasculitis who developed PCP: six with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis and one with giant cell arteritis. None of the patients were on PCP prophylaxis. The most common symptoms on presentation were cough and dyspnea. At diagnosis, the median lymphocyte count was 0.30 × 10

conclusionsPCP is a severe and often fatal opportunistic infection among immunocompromised patients with vasculitis. Frequent evaluation of the need for prophylaxis is required for patients who remain on high-dose steroids and concomitant immunosuppressants.

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durée d’un traitement à la prednisonePCPPPCprednisone treatment durationvascularitevasculitis

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PMID36337351
PMCPMC9608117
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