Figure 1.

Prescription of antibiotics significantly modulates the impact of baseline infection on 90-day mortality in prednisolone-treated patients. In all patients, no statistically significant impact of baseline sepsis on mortality is seen (A). In patients who present with infection and do not receive prednisolone, continuation of antibiotics alongside treatment for AH does not impact upon mortality (B), however, in patients who receive prednisolone concurrent antibiotic therapy significantly reduces mortality (C).