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Impact of corticosteroids on experimental meningococcal sepsis in mice.
Steroids - 1 Sept 2015
Levy Michaël, Antunes Ana, Fiette Laurence, Deghmane Ala-Eddine, Taha Muhamed-Kheir
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Neisseria meningitidis is responsible for septicemia and meningitis with high fatality that is associated with an excessive inflammatory reaction particularly with hyperinvasive isolates of the clonal complex ST-11 (cc11). However, anti-inflammatory adjuvant treatment remains controversial and difficult to assess in patients. We addressed this topic in a well-defined experimental meningococcal infection in...
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