High Mortality amongst Adolescents and Adults with Bacterial Meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of 715 Cases from Malawi

Mortality from bacterial meningitis in African adults is significantly higher than those in better resourced settings and adjunctive therapeutic interventions such as dexamethasone and glycerol have been shown to be ineffective. We conducted a study analysing data from clinical trials of bacterial m...

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Autores principales: Wall, Emma C., Cartwright, Katharine, Scarborough, Matthew, Ajdukiewicz, Katherine M., Goodson, Patrick, Mwambene, James, Zijlstra, Eduard E., Gordon, Stephen B., French, Neil, Faragher, Brian, Heyderman, Robert S., Lalloo, David G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3716691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23894538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069783

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3716691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23894538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069783

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