Impact of infections on long-term outcome after severe middle cerebral artery infarction

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 15-17

  Ulm, Lena ^a   Harms, Hendrik ^a   Ohlraun, Stephanie ^a   Reimnitz, Peter ^b   Meisel, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Gender differences; Immunodepression; Long term outcome; Pneumonia; Post stroke infection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; TELECONSULTATION; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 84862761136     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.05.042     Document Type: Article

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