Effects of Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy With Mezlocillin Plus Sulbactam on the Incidence and Height of Fever After Severe Acute Ischemic Stroke | Zendy

Stefan Schwarz | Zendy; F. Al-Shajlawi | Zendy; C. Sick | Zendy; Stephen Meairs | Zendy; Michael G. Hennerici | Zendy

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Effects of Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy With Mezlocillin Plus Sulbactam on the Incidence and Height of Fever After Severe Acute Ischemic Stroke

Author(s) -

Stefan Schwarz,

F. Al-Shajlawi,

C. Sick,

Stephen Meairs,

Michael G. Hennerici

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.499533

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , mezlocillin , incidence (geometry) , modified rankin scale , antibiotics , surgery , anesthesia , ischemic stroke , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , biology , bacteria , engineering , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics , piperacillin

Fever after stroke is a strong predictor for a negative outcome with infections as the most common cause. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effects of prophylactic antibiotic therapy on the incidence and height of fever after acute ischemic stroke.

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