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September 20, 2011BMC Neurology810 citationsOpen Access

Post-stroke infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

WWWilleke F. WestendorpPNPaul J. NederkoornJVJan‐Dirk Vermeij

Key Points

  • Evaluate the incidence of infections following acute stroke and their impact on outcomes.
  • Conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing infection rates after acute stroke.
  • Included data on pneumonia and urinary tract infections in stroke patients.
  • Infection complicated acute stroke in 30% of cases.
  • Pneumonia and urinary tract infection rates were found to be 10% each.
  • Pneumonia was significantly associated with increased mortality.

Abstract

Infection complicated acute stroke in 30% of patients. Rates of pneumonia and urinary tract infection after stroke were 10%. Pneumonia was associated with death. Our study stresses the need to prevent infections in patients with stroke.

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Westendorp et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69de96c17702a00918b0bd84https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-11-110
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