Cerebrovascular Diseases and Infection
Background: Recently, the relationship between stroke and infection has been the subject of many studies, and acute infection accompanying ischemic stroke has been reported as a risk factor for stroke. Method: In this study, the infection history of 89 patients with acute ischemic stroke who wer...
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| author | Sevim Baybaş Ayten Dirican Yavuz Altunkaynak Ayhan Köksal Cengiz Dayan Ahmet Dirican |
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| description | Background: Recently, the relationship between stroke and infection has been
the subject of many studies, and acute infection accompanying ischemic stroke
has been reported as a risk factor for stroke.
Method: In this study, the infection history of 89 patients with acute ischemic
stroke who were inpatients in Bak›rköy State Hospital for Neurologic and
Psychiatric Diseases, were compared with a control group which consisted of
79 patients. The risk factors for ischemic stroke in both groups were also
compared.
Findings: In the patient group, 36 subjects (40.4%) had an infection one month
before stroke, and in the control group 18 subjects (22.8%) had an infection
in the same time interval (p=0.015). The evaluation of time distribution of
infections revealed that the infections were mostly seen one week before stroke
in the patient group (12 of 36 cases), and in the control group the infections
were distributed almost equally in the four weeks. The most frequent infection
seen was upper respiratory tract infection in both groups. The etiologies and
severity of stroke were not different in the two groups.
Conclusion: We think these results suggest that the infections one week before
stroke may be a risk factor for stroke. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-302eccdffb5948cda6ebe6607df0f29f2023-02-15T16:17:54ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Nöroloji Dergisi1301-062X1309-25452004-04-01102108111Cerebrovascular Diseases and InfectionSevim Baybaş0Ayten Dirican1Yavuz Altunkaynak2Ayhan Köksal3Cengiz Dayan4Ahmet Dirican5Bak›rköy Ruh Sa€l›€› ve Sinir Hastal›klar› E€itim ve Araflt›rma Hastanesi, 2. Nöroloji Klini€i, ‹STANBULBak›rköy Ruh Sa€l›€› ve Sinir Hastal›klar› E€itim ve Araflt›rma Hastanesi, 2. Nöroloji Klini€i, ‹STANBULBak›rköy Ruh Sa€l›€› ve Sinir Hastal›klar› E€itim ve Araflt›rma Hastanesi, 2. Nöroloji Klini€i, ‹STANBULBak›rköy Ruh Sa€l›€› ve Sinir Hastal›klar› E€itim ve Araflt›rma Hastanesi, 2. Nöroloji Klini€i, ‹STANBULBak›rköy Ruh Sa€l›€› ve Sinir Hastal›klar› E€itim ve Araflt›rma Hastanesi, 2. Nöroloji Klini€i, ‹STANBUL‹stanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpafla T›p Fakültesi Biyoistatistik Anabilim Dal›, ‹STANBULBackground: Recently, the relationship between stroke and infection has been the subject of many studies, and acute infection accompanying ischemic stroke has been reported as a risk factor for stroke. Method: In this study, the infection history of 89 patients with acute ischemic stroke who were inpatients in Bak›rköy State Hospital for Neurologic and Psychiatric Diseases, were compared with a control group which consisted of 79 patients. The risk factors for ischemic stroke in both groups were also compared. Findings: In the patient group, 36 subjects (40.4%) had an infection one month before stroke, and in the control group 18 subjects (22.8%) had an infection in the same time interval (p=0.015). The evaluation of time distribution of infections revealed that the infections were mostly seen one week before stroke in the patient group (12 of 36 cases), and in the control group the infections were distributed almost equally in the four weeks. The most frequent infection seen was upper respiratory tract infection in both groups. The etiologies and severity of stroke were not different in the two groups. Conclusion: We think these results suggest that the infections one week before stroke may be a risk factor for stroke.https://www.journalagent.com/tjn/pdfs/TJN_10_2_108_111.pdfcerebral infarctioninfectioninflammation |
| spellingShingle | Sevim Baybaş Ayten Dirican Yavuz Altunkaynak Ayhan Köksal Cengiz Dayan Ahmet Dirican Cerebrovascular Diseases and Infection Türk Nöroloji Dergisi cerebral infarction infection inflammation |
| title | Cerebrovascular Diseases and Infection |
| title_full | Cerebrovascular Diseases and Infection |
| title_fullStr | Cerebrovascular Diseases and Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cerebrovascular Diseases and Infection |
| title_short | Cerebrovascular Diseases and Infection |
| title_sort | cerebrovascular diseases and infection |
| topic | cerebral infarction infection inflammation |
| url | https://www.journalagent.com/tjn/pdfs/TJN_10_2_108_111.pdf |
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