Dexamethasone in Adults with Bacterial Meningitis
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- 14 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (20) , 1549-1556
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa021334
Abstract
Mortality and morbidity rates are high among adults with acute bacterial meningitis, especially those with pneumococcal meningitis. In studies of bacterial meningitis in animals, adjuvant treatment with corticosteroids has beneficial effects.Keywords
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