CORTICOTROPIN AND ADRENAL STEROIDS AS ADJUNCTS TO THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS
- 1 February 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 46 (2) , 316-331
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-2-316
Abstract
The proposition that corticotropin and the adrenal steroids are worthy and often vital adjuncts to the antimicrobial therapy of certain infections has been strongly defended by some1, 2 and just as strongly refuted by others.3, 4 In this regard, it must be accepted that these hormones (if used alone) do reduce the resistance of many species of hosts to a wide variety of infections.3 Experimental animal studies of combined hormonal and antimicrobial therapy, however, show little consistency as to results, even in the same species of animals.5 When using such combinations of drugs in clinical situations, the proponents ofKeywords
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- THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF PITUITARY ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC AND ADRENAL STEROID HORMONESAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1951