%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of Statins on the Mortality of Bacteremic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials
%A Dilli R. Poudel
%A Madan R. Aryal
%A Maryam Mahmood
%A Paras Karmacharya
%A Pragya Shrestha
%A Ranjan Pathak
%A Rashmi Dhital
%A Sushil Ghimire
%J Archive of "North American Journal of Medical Sciences".
%D 2016
%R 10.4103/1947-2714.185034
%X Statins modify inflammatory cell signaling during the immune response to infection. This has been considered as a pleotropic effect. Effects of statins in inflammatory conditions such as bacteremia have been found to be controversial
%K Bacteremia
%K infection
%K inflammation
%K mortality
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960934/