Corticosteroids for Bacterial Meningitis in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa | Zendy

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Corticosteroids for Bacterial Meningitis in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author(s) -

Matthew Scarborough,

Stephen B. Gordon,

C. W. M. Whitty,

Neil French,

Yasin Njalale,

Alex Chitani,

Tim Peto,

David G. Lalloo,

Eduard E. Zijlstra

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa065711

Subject(s) - medicine , ceftriaxone , placebo , odds ratio , meningitis , dexamethasone , context (archaeology) , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , surgery , antibiotics , paleontology , biology , alternative medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology

In sub-Saharan Africa, bacterial meningitis is common and is associated with a high mortality. Adjuvant therapy with corticosteroids reduces mortality among adults in the developed world, but it has not been adequately tested in developing countries or in the context of advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

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