Oral steroids put patients with inflammatory disease at high risk of infection

(Joule Inc.) Oral steroid use in patients with the inflammatory diseases polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis significantly increased the risk of infection, and the risk increased with higher doses, found a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news