Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis in Adolescents and Adults
New England Journal of Medicine 351(17): 1741-1751
Article 2004 English
Authors
GT
Guy Thwaites
NB
Nguyen Duc Bang
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Nguyen Huy Dung
Abstract
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Tuberculous meningitis kills or disables more than half of those affected with the disease. Previous studies have been too small to determine whether adjunctive treatment with corticosteroids can reduce the risk of disability or death among adults with tuberculous meningitis, and the effect of coinfection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is unclear.
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