Steroids in adults with acute bacterial meningitis: A systematic review

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-143

  Van De Beek, Diederik ^a   De Gans, Jan ^a   McIntyre, Peter ^b   Prasad, Kameshwar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442299474     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(04)00937-5     Document Type: Review

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