Early blood-based microbiological testing is ineffective in severe stroke patients

Conclusions: Very early bacteremia seems not to be a feature of severe stroke in patients despite signs of early immune system depression and frequent subsequent evidence of infection including pneumonia. Consequently our data suggests, that routine early blood-based standard or molecular microbiological assays do not reveal bacteremia, this finding questions the usefulness of their routine performance in this context.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research