Dexamethasone and bacterial meningitis in Pakistan

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 482-488

  Qazi, Shamim A ^a   Khan, Mushtaq A ^a   Mughal, Naeem ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^a   Joomro, Bhawalddin ^a   Sakata, Yasutaka ^b   Kuriya, Norikazu ^b   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^b   Abbas, Khwaja A ^a   Yamashita, Fumio ^b  

^a Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Developing country; Dexamethasone; Hearing; Loss

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8044259611     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.6.482     Document Type: Article

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