Preventive Antibiotics for Poststroke Infection in Patients With Acute Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Conclusions: Preventive antibiotics significantly reduced the incidence of algorithm-defined infection in patients with acute stroke, but did not decrease the mortality or improve the proportion of good outcome. Future research should aim to identify the group of stroke patients who will benefit most from antibiotic prophylaxis.
Source: The Neurologist - Category: Neurology Tags: Review Article Source Type: research