JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Multicenter Study
Corticosteroids and mortality in children with bacterial meningitis.
In adults, adjuvant corticosteroids significantly reduce mortality associated with bacterial meningitis; however, in children, studies reveal conflicting results. ⋯ In this multicenter observational study of children with bacterial meningitis, adjuvant corticosteroid therapy was not associated with time to death or time to hospital discharge.