Stroke: Preventive antibiotics for stroke-associated pneumonia

Affiliations

¹ NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Department of Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
² Centre for Stroke and Vascular Research, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Salford M6 8HD, UK.

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Andreas Meisel et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2015 Dec.

. 2015 Dec;11(12):672-3.

doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2015.220. Epub 2015 Nov 3.

¹ NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Department of Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
² Centre for Stroke and Vascular Research, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Salford M6 8HD, UK.

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Prophylactic antibiotics after acute stroke for reducing pneumonia in patients with dysphagia (STROKE-INF): a prospective, cluster-randomised, open-label, masked endpoint, controlled clinical trial.
Kalra L, Irshad S, Hodsoll J, Simpson M, Gulliford M, Smithard D, Patel A, Rebollo-Mesa I; STROKE-INF Investigators. Kalra L, et al. Lancet. 2015 Nov 7;386(10006):1835-44. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00126-9. Epub 2015 Sep 3. Lancet. 2015. PMID: 26343840 Clinical Trial.