Intrathecal dexamethasone for pediatric influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalitis

Anushay J Mistry¹, Bradley J De Souza², Jonathan D Santoro^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. amistry@chla.usc.edu.
² Deparatment of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Anushay J Mistry et al. Neurol Sci. 2025 Oct.

. 2025 Oct;46(10):5537-5541.

doi: 10.1007/s10072-025-08402-5. Epub 2025 Aug 26.

Anushay J Mistry¹, Bradley J De Souza², Jonathan D Santoro^{3

4}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. amistry@chla.usc.edu.
² Deparatment of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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