A clinical trial to study the effect of a drug, named dexamethasone in infection of meninges
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Pyogenic Meningitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/11/006360
- Lead Sponsor
- Kolkata Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 102
1.Any patient of 6 months to 12years of age with clinical manifestations of acute meningitis, CSF profile consistent with bacterial meningitis.
2.Confirmed pathogen by blood or CSF culture.
1Patientâ??s age less than 6 months or more than 12years.
2Where CSF analysis is not done or CSF profiles were not compatible with bacterial meningitis are to be excluded.
3Neonatal maninigitis .
4Patients received antibiotics outside before admission.
5CSF suggestive of viral, tubercular or fungal etiology.
6 any patient with a congenital or acquired abnormality of the central nervous system
7 a prosthetic device inserted into the central nervous system
8 previous episodes of bacterial meningitis
9 an underlying neurologic abnormality
10 a history of hypersensitivity to beta-lactam antibiotics are excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method