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Do you use steroids in the management of PJP pneumonia with severe hypoxia in HIV negative patients?

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Infectious Disease · Stanford Health Care

I only saw about 4 (non-HIV) patients with PJP before AIDS hit the US in 1981. Like others caring for AIDS patients in the 1980s, PJP was incredibly common I saw at least 200 cases over the years. Until AIDS, there were never enough non-HIV patients to do a RCT to look at steroids. Thanks to the wel...

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Pulmonology · University of Louisville

Yes, I do use steroids in PJP pneumonia with severe hypoxia.

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