Inadequate timing between corticosteroid and antibiotics applications increases mortality due to sepsis
This study tested the hypothesis that the use of corticosteroids prior to antibiotics can lower the mortality rate in severe infections by S. aureus or Gram-negative bacilli, using an animal model. This study was a prospective and controlled study, placed in a university laboratory. Seven hundred an...
Main Authors: | Marcus Vinícius Telles Fadel, João Carlos Repka, Cláudio Leinig Pereira da Cunha, Maria Terezinha C. Leão |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000500013&lng=en&tlng=en |
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