ea0022p577 | Neuroendocrinology and Pituitary (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by Novartis</emphasis>) | ECE2010
Gabalec Filip
, Cap Jan
, Havel Eduard
, Zavrelova Alzbeta
, Radocha Jakub
, Cerman Jaroslav
The immunosuppressive effect of corticosteroids is well known. In some circumstances prophylactic antibiotic therapy is routinely used to lower the risk of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients with exogenous hypercortisolemia. The incidence of opportunistic infection in endogenous hypercortisolemia in Cushings syndrome is 1117%, correlating with degree of hypercotisolemia. Only several case reports have been published about pneumocystis pneumonia ...