Microbes that cause infectious diseases Part 2 infectious diseases biomed.
Steroid in infectious diseases
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BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
Concomitant or before antibiotic therapy
Dose: 10 mg stat, 10 mg q6h for 2-4 day
Machanism?
Dexamethasone0.15 mg/kg IV q6°x4 days Reduced hearing loss 50 % decrease in mortality Decreased neurologic sequelae No adverse effects
de Gras and van de Beek. N EnglJ Med 2002;347:1549-1556
TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS Improved patient survival Stage II and III Prednisolone 60-80 mg/day for 2 weeks with
tapering in 4 weeks
SEPTIC SHOCK
50 mg hydrocortisone q6 hours for 5 days
No survival benefit
We suggestIV hydrocortisone be given ONLY when unresponsive to fluid resuscitation and vasopressortherapy
Sprung et al. N EnglJ Med 2008;358(2):111-124
Dellinger et al. CritCare Med 2008;36(1):296-327
STEROIDS IN SEPSIS? Inconclusive evidence Diverging expert opinion New trials underway…. “Embrace Uncertainty”
Jaeschkeand Angus. 2009 JAMA;301(22):2388-2390
TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS
Decreased mortality Prednisolone 60 mg for 4 weeks Prednisolone 30 mg for 4 weeks Prednisolone 15 mg for 2 weeks
TUBERCULOUS PLEURITIS
Steroid hasten symptomatic improvement and fluid resorption but no long term benefit has been shown
SEVERE TYPHOID FEVER
Significant reduction in mortality Dexamethasone 3 mg/kg IV stat then 8 dose
of 1 mg/kg q6h In Pt with altered mental status or shock
INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS Steroid indiation:
1. Airway obstruction2. Hemolytic anemia3. Aplastic anemia4. Severe thrombocytopenia 5. CNS involvement6. Myocarditis/ pericarditis7. Severe prolong prostration
208 patients Age > 50 years and immunocompetent Rash < 72 hours Acyclovir & Prednisone for 21 days Improved quality of life measures, decreased
pain, better sleep, return to normal
Whitley et al. Ann Intern Med 1996;125:376-383.
Acyclovir 800 mg 5 times a day for 7 –10 days
ADD if age > 50 years Prednisone:
30 mg BID days 1 –7 15 mg BID days 8 –15 7.5 mg BID days 16 -21
PHARYNGITIS& STEROIDS
Meta-analysis 8 Trials: All 8 = earlier reduction in pain (range 5 hours –1 day) No difference in time off work/school No serious adverse events IM steroids no better than PO
Korbet al. Ann FamMed 2010:8:58-63
BELL’S PALSY
Herpes Simplex Virus Meta-analysis 18 trials ( 2786 patients ) Antivirals alone - Steroids alone + Antivirals AND steroids +++
deAlmediaet al. JAMA 2009;302:985-993.
PCP AND STEROIDS
Pneumocystisjiroveci
PaO2< 70 mm Hg Reduces respiratory failure and death Prednislone: 80 mg days 1-5 40 mg days 6-10 20 mg days 11-21