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Corticosteroids of Little Use Against Childhood Meningitis Say Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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By Ed Edelson
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Corticosteroids are increasingly used to help treat children with bacterial meningitis, but a new study finds that adding the drugs to antibiotic treatment may not reduce death rates or the length of hospital stays.