A 21-Day of Adjunctive Corticosteroid Use May Not Be Necessary for HIV-1-Infected Pneumocystis Pneumonia with Moderate and Severe Disease

Satoshi Shibata; Takeshi Nishijima; Takahiro Aoki; Yoshinari Tanabe; Katsuji Teruya; Yoshimi Kikuchi; Toshiaki Kikuchi; Shinichi Oka; Hiroyuki Gatanaga

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138926

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A 21-Day of Adjunctive Corticosteroid Use May Not Be Necessary for HIV-1-Infected Pneumocystis Pneumonia with Moderate and Severe Disease

Satoshi Shibata,

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Takeshi Nishijima ,

* E-mail: tnishiji@acc.ncgm.go.jp

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Takahiro Aoki,

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshinari Tanabe,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Katsuji Teruya,

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshimi Kikuchi,

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Toshiaki Kikuchi,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Shinichi Oka,

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Hiroyuki Gatanaga

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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A 21-Day of Adjunctive Corticosteroid Use May Not Be Necessary for HIV-1-Infected Pneumocystis Pneumonia with Moderate and Severe Disease

Satoshi Shibata,
Takeshi Nishijima,
Takahiro Aoki,
Yoshinari Tanabe,
Katsuji Teruya,
Yoshimi Kikuchi,
Toshiaki Kikuchi,
Shinichi Oka,
Hiroyuki Gatanaga

Published: September 22, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138926

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