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PATIENTS undergoing cortisone treatment are very liable to intercurrent infection1. Further, it has been established by animal experimentation that cortisone enhances all the common bacterial infections2, including those with spirochætes3 and the tubercle bacillus4.
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NICOL, T., SNELL, R. Effect of Cortisone on the Reticulo-Endothelial System. Nature 177, 430–431 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177430a0
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