TY - JOUR
T1 - Adjunctive dexamethasone in adults with meningococcal meningitis
AU - Boelman, Cyrus G.
AU - Brouwer, Matthijs C.
AU - van de Beek, Diederik
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In the article by Heckenberg et al.,(1) the authors conclude that dexamethasone did not similarly improve the unfavorable outcome in meningococcal meningitis as was seen in their previous pneumococcal cohort study.(2) The difference in the incidence of meningitis-related stroke between these meningitis populations may explain the difference in the cohorts' Glasgow Outcome Scale results
AB - In the article by Heckenberg et al.,(1) the authors conclude that dexamethasone did not similarly improve the unfavorable outcome in meningococcal meningitis as was seen in their previous pneumococcal cohort study.(2) The difference in the incidence of meningitis-related stroke between these meningitis populations may explain the difference in the cohorts' Glasgow Outcome Scale results
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000430451.92743.a5
DO - https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000430451.92743.a5
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
C2 - 23650238
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 80
SP - 1818
EP - 1819
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 19
ER -