Is adjunctive dexamethasone beneficial in patients with bacterial meningitis?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-226

  Cooper, Dylan D ^a   Seupaul, Rawle A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857369872     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.10.014     Document Type: Editorial

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