Cerebrospinal fluid cytokine levels and dexamethasone therapy in bacterial meningitis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-60

  Ohga, Shouichi ^a   Okada, Kenji ^a   Ueda, Kohji ^a   Takada, Hidetoshi ^a   Ohta, Mitsuhiro ^b   Aoki, Tomonobu ^c   Kinukawa, Naoko ^a   Miyazaki, Sumio ^b   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka Municipal Children's Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032821096     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(99)90103-2     Document Type: Article

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