Life threatening sepsis while on high dose steroids requiring extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation.
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We present a case of life-threatening streptococcal sepsis in a young man with a history of Behçet's disease within two weeks of commencing high dose corticosteroid therapy for an exacerbation of Behçet's disease.
Source: PubMed
Authors: C Orr, C McCarthy, C Gunaratnam, G Kearns
Institution: Beaumont Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W126412459