High mortality amongst adolescents and adults with bacterial meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of 715 cases from Malawi.

High mortality amongst adolescents and adults with bacterial meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of 715 cases from Malawi.

<h4>Unlabelled</h4>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...

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Main Authors: Emma C Wall, Katharine Cartwright, Matthew Scarborough, Katherine M Ajdukiewicz, Patrick Goodson, James Mwambene, Eduard E Zijlstra, Stephen B Gordon, Neil French, Brian Faragher, Robert S Heyderman, David G Lalloo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069783
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