Understanding the relationship between infection and stroke has taken on new urgency in
the era of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This association is not a …

Stroke remains one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Immediately
after stroke, a neuroinflammatory process starts in the brain, triggering a systemic …

Background: Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) has been implicated in the morbidity,
mortality and increased medical cost after acute ischemic stroke. The annual cost of SAP …

Brain infarction causes tissue death by ischemia due to occlusion of the cerebral vessels
and recent work has shown that post stroke inflammation contributes significantly to the …

Stroke is a frequent cause of long-term disability and death worldwide. Ischemic stroke is
more commonly encountered compared to hemorrhagic stroke, and leads to tissue death by …

Stroke affects the normally well-balanced interplay of the 2 supersystems: the nervous and
the immune system. Recent research elucidated some of the involved signals and …

The relation between acute ischaemic stroke and infection is complex. Infection appears to
be an important trigger that precedes up to a third of ischaemic strokes and can bring about …

Pneumonia is the leading cause of death after acute spinal cord injury and is associated
with poor neurological outcome. In contrast to the current understanding, attributing …

The incidence of stroke has risen over the past decade and will continue to be one of the
leading causes of death and disability worldwide. While a large portion of immediate death …

Ischemic stroke results from the interruption of blood flow to the brain resulting in long-term
motor and cognitive neurological deficits, and it is a leading cause of death and disability …