Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2507-2509

  Greenwood, Brian M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION;

EID: 37249043710     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0707474     Document Type: Editorial

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