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Review Infectious causes of stroke
Most infectious pathogens have anecdotal evidence to support a link with stroke, but certain pathogens have more robust associations, in which causation is probable. Few dedicated prospective studies of stroke in the setting of infection have been done. The use of head imaging, a clinical standard of diagnostic care, to confirm stroke and stroke type is not universal. Data for stroke are scarce in locations where infections are probably most common, making it difficult to reach conclusions on how populations differ in terms of risk of infectious stroke.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - August 25, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jennifer E Fugate, Jennifer L Lyons, Kiran T Thakur, Bryan R Smith, E Tessa Hedley-Whyte, Farrah J Mateen Tags: Review Source Type: research

Correspondence Infectious causes of stroke
Although the causality of hepatitis C virus in stroke is not conclusive, some clinical studies have shown an increased risk of stroke in patients with chronic hepatitis C. In their Review, Jennifer Fugate and colleagues1 propose several interesting hypotheses to explain the link between chronic infection and stroke that might also be applied to the association of hepatitis C virus infection with stroke. Accumulating evidence shows the metabolic manifestations of hepatitis C virus, and provides a strong link between hepatitis C virus clearance and a decrease in the risk of stroke.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - May 18, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ching-Sheng Hsu Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research