Dexamethasone for paediatric pneumococcal meningitis

Affiliations

¹ St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK. Electronic address: s.nadel@imperial.ac.uk.

Comment

Simon Nadel. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;9(4):213-215.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00066-5.

¹ St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK. Electronic address: s.nadel@imperial.ac.uk.

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Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 213-15.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Jun;9(6):e14. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00123-3. Epub 2025 Apr 17. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025. PMID: 40254027 No abstract available.

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