OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of dexamethasone added to the treatment of adult
patients with bacterial meningitis in our region. METHODS: One hundred and forty-four …

Thirty patients of bacterial meningitis (age> 12 years) were randomised into two treatment
groups. Group I (n= 14) received intravenous dexamethasone with antibiotics and group II …

Routine use of steroids in the treatment of bacterial meningitis remains controversial. A
prospective placebo controlled double blind study of dexamethasone was carried out in 40 …

A methodological appraisal of the published randomised controlled trials on the use of
dexamethasone as an adjunct treatment in acute bacterial meningitis was carried out to …

Objective To determine the effect of dexamethasone on prognostic factors in adults with
bacterial meningitis. Design and setting A post hoc multivariate analysis of the European …

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Objective: To evaluate the clinical benefit of early adjunctive dexamethasone therapy for
severe bacterial meningitis in adults. Design: Multicenter, double-blind, randomized trial …

Background: Research on the effects of corticosteroids in bacterial meningitis (BM) yielded
conflicting results. While some studies reveal that corticosteroids improve the outcomes in …

Bacterial meningitis in adults is a severe disease with high fatality and morbidity rates.
Experimental studies have shown that the inflammatory response in the subarachnoid space …

The objective of this review was to study the effectiveness of dexamethasone for the
treatment of adult patients with bacterial meningitis. Data was extracted from randomized …