Comparative efficacy of antibiotic(s) alone or in combination of corticosteroids in adults with acute bacterial meningitis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

• Ajaree Rayanakorn ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lee.learn.han@monash.edu (LHL); kokgan@um.edu.my (KGC); ajaree.rayanakorn@monash.edu, au.ajaree@gmail.com (AR)

  Affiliations Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia, Faculty of Public Health, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5961-8978

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• Hooi-Leng Ser,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia, Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, P.R. China

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• Priyia Pusparajah,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia

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• Kok-Gan Chan ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lee.learn.han@monash.edu (LHL); kokgan@um.edu.my (KGC); ajaree.rayanakorn@monash.edu, au.ajaree@gmail.com (AR)

  Affiliations Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, International Genome Centre, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

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• Bey Hing Goh,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China, Biofunctional Molecule Exploratory Research Group (BMEX), Biomedicine Research Advancement Centre (BRAC), School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia

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• Tahir Mehmood Khan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia, The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IPS), University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Outfall road, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Surasak Saokaew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center of Health Outcomes Research and Therapeutic Safety (COHORTS), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand, Unit of Excellence on Clinical Outcomes Research and IntegratioN (UNICORN), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand

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• Shaun Wen Huey Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia, Asian Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Population, Implementation and Clinical Outcomes, Health and Well-Being Cluster, Global Asia in the 21st Century (GA21) Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Learn-Han Lee

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lee.learn.han@monash.edu (LHL); kokgan@um.edu.my (KGC); ajaree.rayanakorn@monash.edu, au.ajaree@gmail.com (AR)

  Affiliation Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia

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