The impact of lesion location and lesion size on post-stroke infection frequency

Jens Minnerup (1) , Heike Wersching (1) , Benjamin Browinkel (1) , Rainer Dziewas (2) , Peter Ulrich Heuschmann (3) , Darius Nabavi (4) , Erich Bernd Ringelstein (1) , Wolf-Rüdiger Schäbitz (5) , Martin Andreas Ritter (1)

1 WWU - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster = University of Münster
2 UKM - University Hospital Münster - Universitaetsklinikum Muenster [Germany]
3 Center for Stroke Research Berlin
4 Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln
5 University of Muenster and EVK Bielefeld

Infections in stroke patients are common and significantly affect outcome. Various predictors of post-stroke infections were determined, such as degree of neurological impairment and implementation of therapeutic interventions. We investigated whether stroke location and stroke size are independent risk factors for post-stroke infections.

Mots clés: INFECTIOUS DISEASES; STROKE

Jens Minnerup, Heike Wersching, Benjamin Browinkel, Rainer Dziewas, Peter Ulrich Heuschmann, et al.. The impact of lesion location and lesion size on post-stroke infection frequency. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2010, 81 (2), pp.198. ⟨10.1136/jnnp.2009.182394⟩. ⟨hal-00552790⟩