Methylprednisolone treatment fails to protect mice from the H5N1 influenza A virus-induced proinflammatory response and mortality

J Infect. 2014 Sep;69(3):297-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.03.014. Epub 2014 Mar 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype*
  • Lung / virology
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Failure
  • Viral Load
  • Weight Loss

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Methylprednisolone