Dexamethasone for adult community-acquired bacterial meningitis: 20 years of experience in daily practice

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-236

  Peterković, Vjerislav ^a   Trkulja, Vladimir ^b   Kutleša, Marko ^c   Krajinović, Vladimir ^c   Lepur, Dragan ^c  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adults; Community acquired bacterial meningitis; S. pneumoniae, dexamethasone

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856700006     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6150-6     Document Type: Article

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