Dexamethasone for the treatment of tuberculous meningitis in adolescents and adults.

BACKGROUND: 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 ef...

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Main Authors: Thwaites, G, Nguyen, D, Nguyen, H, Hoang, T, Do, T, Nguyen, T, Nguyen, Q, Nguyen, N, Vu, N, Cao, H, Tran, T, Pham, P, Stepniewska, K, White, N, Farrar, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004