Life threatening sepsis while on high dose steroids requiring extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation
Orr, C.; McCarthy, C.; Gunaratnam, C.; Kearns, G.
Irish Medical Journal 106(7): 213-214
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0332-3102 PMID: 24218750 Document Number: 666123
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.
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