Corticosteroids for Bacterial Meningitis in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Scarborough M
  • Gordon S
  • Whitty C
  • et al.
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Abstract

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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Scarborough, M., Gordon, S. B., Whitty, C. J. M., French, N., Njalale, Y., Chitani, A., … Zijlstra, E. E. (2007). Corticosteroids for Bacterial Meningitis in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa. New England Journal of Medicine, 357(24), 2441–2450. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa065711

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