Stroke in Patients with Bacterial Meningitis: A Cohort Study and Meta-Analysis.

Carolin BeukerNils WerringNadine BonbergJan-Kolja StreckerAntje Schmidt-PogodaWolfram SchwindtChristian-Paul StrackeAndreas Schulte-MecklenbeckCatharina GrossHeinz WiendlHeike MinnerupJens Minnerup

Published in: Annals of neurology (2023)

This study found that ischemic stroke due to bacterial meningitis is caused by cerebral vasculopathy located in the vicinity of the infection focus, and that the time course of infarctions might enable a therapeutic intervention. ANN NEUROL 2023.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
randomized controlled trial
cerebrospinal fluid
subarachnoid hemorrhage
cerebral ischemia
brain injury
neural network