Infections Complicating Cortisone Therapy

Abstract

ONE of the most serious complications of cortisone therapy is infection. In the six years in which cortisone has been available for general use, this danger has been the subject of numerous clinical and experimental reports. However, much of the enthusiastic literature has not given this aspect sufficient emphasis. The purpose of this report is to present 6 cases seen in a period of one year in which infections developed during cortisone therapy. Four of these infections were due to bacteria, 1 to monilia, and 1 to histoplasmosis.The corticosteroids are used in a wide variety of diseases, but their . . .