Preventive Antibacterial Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hendrik Harms; Konstantin Prass; Christian Meisel; Juliane Klehmet; Witold Rogge; Christoph Drenckhahn; Jos Göhler; Stefan Bereswill; Ulf Göbel; Klaus Dieter Wernecke; Tilo Wolf; Guy Arnold; Elke Halle; Hans-Dieter Volk; Ulrich Dirnagl; Andreas Meisel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002158

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Preventive Antibacterial Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hendrik Harms ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hendrik Harms, Konstantin Prass, Christian Meisel

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Konstantin Prass ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hendrik Harms, Konstantin Prass, Christian Meisel

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Landesklinikum Waldviertel Horn, Horn, Austria
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Christian Meisel ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hendrik Harms, Konstantin Prass, Christian Meisel

Affiliation Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Juliane Klehmet,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Witold Rogge,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Christoph Drenckhahn,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Jos Göhler,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Stefan Bereswill,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Ulf Göbel,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Klaus Dieter Wernecke,

Affiliation Department of Biometrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Tilo Wolf,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
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Guy Arnold,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Klinikum Sindelfingen-Böblingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
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Elke Halle,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Hans-Dieter Volk,

Affiliation Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Ulrich Dirnagl,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Andreas Meisel

* E-mail: andreas.meisel@charite.de

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Preventive Antibacterial Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hendrik Harms,
Konstantin Prass,
Christian Meisel,
Juliane Klehmet,
Witold Rogge,
Christoph Drenckhahn,
Jos Göhler,
Stefan Bereswill,
Ulf Göbel,
Klaus Dieter Wernecke

Published: May 14, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002158

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Publisher's Note: Correction to the Ninth Author's Name

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 27 May 2008 at 10:20 GMT

Pneumonia is a major risk factor of death after acute stroke.
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002158#article1.front1.article-meta1.abstract1.sec1.p1

Please note that the ninth author should be cited as Ulf B. Göbel.

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