Acute ischemic stroke and infections

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Ionita, Catalina C ^a,b   Siddiqui, Adnan H ^a,b   Levy, Elad I ^a,b   Hopkins, L Nelson ^a,b   Snyder, Kenneth V ^a,b   Gibbons, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; atherosclerosis; bacterial infection; infectious endocarditis; inflammation; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; MEZLOCILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; SULBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STROKE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 78650688867     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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