Hand-foot-mouth disease and use of steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, and traditional Chinese herbs in a tertiary hospital in Shantou, China

Hand-foot-mouth disease and use of steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, and traditional Chinese herbs in a tertiary hospital in Shantou, China

Abstract Background In contrast to the guidelines of World Health Organization (WHO) and United States-Centers for Disease Control and prevention (US-CDC), the Chinese national guidelines recommend the use of steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), or traditional Chinese herbs (TCHs) in hand-fo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dangui Zhang, Jieling Chen, William Ba-Thein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Infectious diseases
Therapeutics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-018-2259-9

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-018-2259-9

Similar Items