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Adjuvant glycerol is not beneficial in experimental pneumococcal meningitis

BACKGROUND: Bacterial meningitis in children causes high rates of mortality and morbidity. In a recent clinical trial, oral glycerol significantly reduced severe neurological sequelae in paediatric meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b, and a tendency towards a benefit of adjunctive gly...

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Autores principales: Blaser, Cornelia, Klein, Matthias, Grandgirard, Denis, Wittwer, Matthias, Peltola, Heikki, Weigand, Michael, Koedel, Uwe, Leib, Stephen L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-84