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Neuropsychological sequelae of bacterial meningitis: the influence of alcoholism and adjunctive dexamethasone therapy

Author(s) -

Diederik van de Beek,

Martijn Weisfelt,

Martine Hoogman,

Jan de Gans,

Ben Schmand

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

brain

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.142

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1460-2156

pISSN - 0006-8950

DOI - 10.1093/brain/awl052

Subject(s) - dexamethasone , neuropsychology , medicine , adjunctive treatment , pharmacotherapy , bacterial meningitis , psychiatry , psychology , meningitis , cognition

The article by Schmidt and colleagues (2006) reported neuropsychological sequelae of bacterial and viral meningitis. In a retrospective study, they carefully selected patients and excluded those with concomitant conditions such as alcoholism after Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis (Schmidt et al., 2006). The authors should be complimented for their solid work; however, some questions can be raised

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