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Should adults with suspected bacterial meningitis receive adjunctive dexamethasone?

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boxed-textNguyen TH et al. (2007) Dexamethasone in Vietnamese adolescents and adults with bacterial meningitis. N Engl J Med 357: 2431–2440

Dexamethasone is an important adjunctive therapy in selected adults with suspected bacterial meningitis

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