Early Post-Stroke Infections Are Associated with an Impaired Function of Neutrophil Granulocytes

Early Post-Stroke Infections Are Associated with an Impaired Function of Neutrophil Granulocytes

To investigate whether neutrophil granulocytes’ function relates to post-stroke infections and clinical outcome after stroke, we prospectively recruited 95 patients after ischemic stroke and tested them for their microbiocidal neutrophil functions in this exploratory study. Additionally, 2...

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Main Authors: Till van Gemmeren, Ramona Schuppner, Gerrit M. Grosse, Jessica Fering, Maria M. Gabriel, René Huber, Hans Worthmann, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Karin Weissenborn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
stroke
inflammation
neutrophils
immunodepression
oxidative burst
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/3/872

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