Corticosteroids in Pneumococcal Meningitis

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-5-12-10

Corticosteroids in Pneumococcal Meningitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 5 (1991): Issue 12

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Dec 1991

Abstract

The records of 97 infants and children with pneumococcal meningitis, 41 receiving corticosteroid therapy, were examined at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-5-12-10 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 96 - 96

Published on: Dec 1, 1991

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Corticosteroid,

Pneumococcal Meningitis,

Dexamethasone

© 1991 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 5 (1991): Issue 12