ACTH AND CORTISONE AS ADJUNCTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Authors: PETER ELSBACH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 February 1957ACTH AND CORTISONE AS ADJUNCTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISPETER ELSBACH, JOHN R. EDSALLPETER ELSBACHSearch for more papers by this author, JOHN R. EDSALLSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-2-332 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent years it has been shown that the addition of steroid hormones to antimicrobial treatment can be beneficial in the management of overwhelming infections due to such organisms as meningococci, pneumococci, salmonellae, brucellae or klebsiellae.1-4There has been little description of such combined treatment of severe tuberculosis in the American literature. Most authorities have pointed out the hazards of steroid therapy in the presence of active tuberculosis5-7except in tuberculous meningitis, where steroids are now part of the accepted management.8, 9This fear was first aroused when the use of steroids for nontuberculous diseases led to the activation of...Bibliography1. JahnBolingMeagherPetersonThomasFisherThillLeovyBalchKinsell JPLTRHHGBMAEWAHELW: The combination of ACTH-cortisone-hydrocortisone with antibiotics in the management of overwhelmingly severe infections, J. Pediat. 44: 640, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. WagnerBennettLasagnaCluffRosenthalMirick HNILLLEMBGS: The effect of hydrocortisone upon the course of pneumonococcal pneumonia treated with penicillin, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 98: 197, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. WoodwardHallDias-RiveraHightowerMartinezParker TEHERJAERT: Treatment of typhoid fever. II. Control of clinical manifestations with cortisone, Ann. Int. Med. 34: 10, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar4. 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