Tuberculosis and steroids

Authors

  • Pedro Pablo Pino Alfonso
  • Carlos Gassiot Nuño
  • Juan C. Rodríguez Vázquez
  • Isidoro Paéz Prats
  • José Gundián González
  • Magalys Verdecia Rodríguez

Keywords:

TUBERCULOSIS/quimioterapia, CORTICOSTEROIDES/uso terapéutico

Abstract

This disease has gained in strenght in the last few years. A review was made on the effect that corticosteroids could have in developing such infection and its presentation under atypical clinical pictures. The possible advantages of the use of corticosteroids as an additional therapy in the process of tuberculosis are discussed. Parapneumonic pleural effusion and pleural empyema. Isidoro Páez Prats, Pedro Pablo Pino Alfonso, Carlos Gassiot Nuño, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Vázquez y Amarilys Placeres Fajardo.

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2000-01-11

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Pino Alfonso PP, Gassiot Nuño C, Rodríguez Vázquez JC, Paéz Prats I, Gundián González J, Verdecia Rodríguez M. Tuberculosis and steroids. Acta Médica [Internet]. 2000 Jan. 11 [cited 2025 Apr. 6];9(1). Available from: https://revactamedica.sld.cu/index.php/act/article/view/617

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Artículo de revisión