TABLE 39A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS REFERRED TO IN THE ...

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1.133 Mai NT et al. Dexamethasone in Vietnamese adolescents and adults with bacterial meningitis. N Engl
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1.134 Scarborough M et al. Corticosteroids for bacterial meningitis in adults in sub-Saharan Africa. N Engl J
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1.135 Mongelluzzo J. Corticosteroids and mortality in children with bacterial meningitis. J Am Med Assoc
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1.136 van de Beek D et al. Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev
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1.137 van de Beek D et al. Steroids in adults with acute bacterial meningitis: a systematic review. Lancet
Infect Dis 2004;4:139-43.
1.138 Fitch MT et al. Drug insights: steroids in CNS infectious diseases – new indications for an old therapy.
Nat Clin Pract Neurol 2008;4;97-104.
1.139 Peltola H et al. Improving the outcomes in children with bacterial meningitis. Curr Opin Infect Dis
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1.140 Peltola H et al. Adjuvant glycerol and/or dexamethasone to improve the outcomes of childhood bacterial
meningitis: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis
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1.141 Galiza EP et al. Improving the outcome of neonatal meningitis. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2009;22:229-
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1.142 van der Horst CM et al. Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis associated with the acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome. N Engl J Med 1997;337:15-21.
1.143 Ng J et al. Cure of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii central nervous system infections with intraventricular
or intrathecal colistin: case series and literature review. J Antimicrob Chemother
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1.144 McClelland S et al. Postoperative central nervous system infection: incidence and associated factors
in 2111 neurosurgical procedures. Clin Infect Dis 2007;45:55-9.
1.145 Kim BN et al. Management of meningitis due to antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter species. Lancet Infect
Dis 2009;9:245-55.
1.146 van de Beek D et al. Nosocomial bacterial meningitis. N Engl J Med 2010;362:146-54.
1.147 Conen A et al. Characteristics and treatment outcome of cerebrospinal fluid shunt-associated infections
in adults: a retrospective analysis over an 11-year period. Clin Infect Dis 2008;47:73-82.
1.148 Tunkel AR et al. Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis. Clin Infect Dis
2004;39:1267-84.
1.149 Ng J et al. Cure of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii central nervous system infections with intraventricular
or intrathecal colistin: case series and literature review. J Antimicrob Chemother
2006;58:1078-81.
1.150 Reefhuis J et al. Risk of bacterial meningitis in children with cochlear implants. N Engl J Med 2003;
349:435-45.
1.151 Biernath KR et al. Bacterial meningitis among children with cochlear implants beyond 24 months after
implantation. Pediatrics 2006;117:284-9.
1.152 Brouwer MC et al. Community-acquired Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in adults. Clin Microbiol
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1.153 Merle-Melet M et al. Is amoxicillin-cotrimoxazole the most appropriate antibiotic regimen for Listeria
meningoencephalitis? Review of 22 cases and the literature. J Infect 1996;33:79-85.
1.154 Brouwer MC et al. Community-acquired Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in adults. Clin Infect Dis
2006;43:1233-8.
1.155 Stephens DS et al. Epidemic meningitis, meningococcaemia, and Neisseria meningitidis. Lancet
2007;369:2196-210.
1.156 Hart CA et al. Meningococcal disease and its management in children. Br Med J 2006;333:685-90.
1.157 Ritchie SR et al. Flucloxacillin treatment of Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. Eur J Clin Microbiol
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1.158 Ntziora F et al. Linezolid for the treatment of patients with central nervous system infection. Ann
Pharmacother 2007;41:296-308.
1.159 Peppard WJ et al. Pharmacologic options for CNS infections caused by resistant Gram-positive organisms.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2008;6:83-99.
1.160 Kessler AT et al. Treatment of meningitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with
linezolid. Infection 2007;35:271-4.
1.161 Arda B et al. Meningitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): review of 10 cases.
Int J Antimicrob Agents 2005;25:414-8.
1.162 Clarke ET et al. Current concepts in the treatment of bacterial meningitis beyond the neonatal period.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2006;4:663-74.
1.163 Karageorgopoulos DE et al. Short versus long duration of antibiotic therapy for bacterial meningitis: a
meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in children. Arch Dis Child 2009;94:607-14.
1.164 Ricard JD et al. Levels of vancomycin in cerebrospinal fluid of adult patients receiving adjunct corticosteroids
to treat pneumococcal meningitis: a prospective multicenter observational study. Clin Infect
Dis 2007;44:250-5.
1.165 Prasad K et al. Corticosteroids for managing tuberculous meningitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev
2008;1:CD002244.
1.166 Lo Re V et al. Eosinophilic meningitis. Am J Med 2003;114:217-23.
1.167 Ongkasuwan J et al. Pneumococcal mastoiditis in children and the emergence of multidrug-resistant
serotype 19A isolates. Pediatrics 2008;122:34-9.
1.168 Thompson PL et al. Effect of antibiotics for otitis media on mastoiditis in children: a retrospective cohort
study using the United Kingdom General Practice Research Database. Pediatrics 2009;124:
424-30.
1.169 Rubin Grandis J et al. The changing face of malignant (necrotising) external otitis: clinical, radiological
and anatomic correlations. Lancet Infect Dis 2004;4:34-9.
1.170 Thompson PL et al. Effect of antibiotics for otitis media on mastoiditis in children: a retrospective cohort
study using the United Kingdom General Practice Research Database. Pediatrics 2009;124:
424-30.
1.171 American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians. Diagnosis and management
of acute otitis media. Pediatrics 2004;113:1451-65.
1.172 Tan T et al. Antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: summary