Dexamethasone and antibiotics for the empirical treatment of bacterial meningitis in Canadian children: A survey of paediatric infectious diseases specialists

摘要

PURPOSE:With the changing epidemiology of the etiological agents causing bacterial meningitis in Canada, the purposes of this study were to determine what empirical antibiotic(s) is/are advocated, and whether dexamethasone is recommended as adjunctive therapy by paediatric infectious diseases specialists for suspected meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitides, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and partially treated (PT) bacterial meningitis.