Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis in Adolescents and Adults

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Guy Thwaites · Oxford University Clinical Research Unit

DB Nguyen · Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

Nguyen Huy Dung · Hospital for Tropical Diseases

Hoang Tq · Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

Do Thi Tuong Oanh · Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

TC Nguyen · Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

QUAN H. NGUYEN · Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

Abstract

Adjunctive treatment with dexamethasone improves survival in patients over 14 years of age with tuberculous meningitis but probably does not prevent severe disability.

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Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 351, Issue 17, pp. 1741-1751

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa040573

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Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis in Adolescents and Adults

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