Correction to: BMC Infect Dis 21, 337 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06045-3

Following publication of the original article [1], an error was identified in the Abstract section.

The incorrect sentence is: The patients were randomly allocated into two groups to receive either methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg/day; intervention group) or dexamethasone (6 mg/kg/day; control group).

The correct sentence is: The patients were randomly allocated into two groups to receive either methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg/day; intervention group) or dexamethasone (6 mg/day; control group).

The original article has been corrected.