Dexamethasone as an Adjunctive Treatment of Bacterial Meningitis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-522

  Shembesh, Nuri M ^a   Elbargathy, Suliman M ^a   Kashbur, Ibrahem M ^a   Rao, Bandaru N ^a   Mahmoud, K S ^a  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone, Bacterial meningitis; Mortality; Neurologic sequelae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIBYA; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0030608614     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02737759     Document Type: Article

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