- May reduce mortality though only with certain causative organisms:
- Significant reduction in death seen in patients with streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis (29.9% versus 36.0%),
- Not significantly reduced in all-cause meningitis (17.8% versus 19.9%)
- May improve long-term outcome in survivors:
- Significantly reduction in hearing loss (13.8% versus 19.0%)
- Significantly reduction in neurological sequelae (17.9% versus 21.6%).
