The Impact of Steroids Given with Macrolide Therapy on ExperimentalMycoplasma pneumoniaeRespiratory Infection
Open Access
- 15 October 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 198 (8), 1180-1188
- https://doi.org/10.1086/591915
Abstract
Background. Systemic steroids have been advocated in addition to antimicrobial therapy for severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. We evaluated the efKeywords
This publication has 54 references indexed in Scilit:
- Intranasal Interleukin-12 Therapy InhibitsMycoplasma pneumoniaeClearance and Sustains Airway Obstruction in Murine PneumoniaInfection and Immunity, 2008
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Derived Lipopeptides Induce Acute Inflammatory Responses in the Lungs of MiceInfection and Immunity, 2008
- Respiratory Tract Infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Interleukin-12 Knockout Mice Results in Improved Bacterial Clearance and Reduced Pulmonary InflammationInfection and Immunity, 2007
- Cytokine and Chemokine Transcription Profile duringMycoplasma pulmonisInfection in Susceptible and Resistant Strains of Mice: Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1β (CCL4) and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 2 (CCL8) and Accumulation of CCR5+Th CellsInfection and Immunity, 2006
- Effect of clarithromycin on cytokines and chemokines in children with an acute exacerbation of recurrent wheezing: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trialAnnals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2006
- Corticosteroids and complicated Mycoplasma pneumoniae infectionPediatric Pulmonology, 2006
- Role of prednisolone treatment in severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in childrenPediatric Pulmonology, 2006
- Severe Acute Lung Injury Caused byMycoplasma pneumoniae: Potential Role for Steroid Pulses in TreatmentClinical Infectious Diseases, 2000
- Glucocorticoids inhibit neurogenic plasma extravasation and prevent virus-potentiated extravasation in the rat trachea.Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1990
- Current status of antibiotic treatment for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infectionsThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1986