Abstracts tagged "Corticosteroids and infection"

Abstract Number: 1002 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Pneumocystis Jiroveci in Rheumatic Disease: A 20 Year Single-Center Experience
Christopher A. Mecoli¹, Deanna Saylor¹, Allan C. Gelber¹ and Lisa Christopher-Stine², ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Ste 4100 Rm 409, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Pneumocystis jiroveci (PJP) is an opportunistic infection associated with high mortality in patients with rheumatologic conditions. Given the paucity of data, clinical guidelines to…