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Article: Glycerol aids outcomes in bacterial meningitis.(Infectious Diseases)

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February 1, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- Adjunctive treatment with oral glycerol was more effective than intravenous dexamethasone for preventing death and severe neurologic sequelae in children with bacterial meningitis in a controlled study with 640 patients.

"Because oral glycerol is safe, cheap, and easily available and does not have special storage requirements, it seems to be the best approach for improving the outcome of bacterial meningitis in children," Heikki Peltola, M.D., said at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Although dexamethasone often is used as an adjunctive treatment for children with bacterial meningitis, its ...

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