Blaser, Cornelia; Klein, Matthias; Grandgirard, Denis; Wittwer, Matthias; Peltola, Heikki; Weigand, Michael; Koedel, Uwe; Leib, Stephen L. (2010). Adjuvant glycerol is not beneficial in experimental pneumococcal meningitis. BMC infectious diseases, 10(84), p. 84. London: BioMed Central 10.1186/1471-2334-10-84
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Bacterial meningitis in children causes high rates of mortality and morbidity. In a recent clinical trial, oral glycerol significantly reduced severe neurological sequelae in paediatric meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b, and a tendency towards a benefit of adjunctive glycerol was seen in pneumococcal meningitis.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases > Research 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases |
UniBE Contributor: |
Grandgirard, Denis, Leib, Stephen |
ISSN: |
1471-2334 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:12 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:02 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/1471-2334-10-84 |
PubMed ID: |
20353584 |
Web of Science ID: |
000277286300001 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.2685 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/2685 (FactScience: 205551) |
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