Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Risk of Acquiring Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection. A Multiregional Epidemiological Study.
Christian Kjer HeerfordtJosefin EklöfPradeesh SivapalanTruls Sylvan IngebrigtsenTor Biering-SørensenZitta Barrella HarboeJesper Koefod PetersenChristian Østergaard AndersenJonas Bredtoft BoelAnne Kathrine BockAlexander G MathioudakisJohn R HurstShailesh B KolekarSofie Lock JohanssonJette Marie BangsborgJens Otto JarløvRam Benny DessauChristian Borbjerg LaursenMichael PerchJens-Ulrik Stæhr JensenPublished in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2023)
, but only for moderate and high dose. Caution should be taken when administering high dose of ICS to patients with COPD. Low dose of ICS seemed not to carry this risk.