A simple prediction score for developing a hospital-acquired infection after acute ischemic stroke.

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Published in J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis on January 16, 2015

Authors

Adam J Friedant1, Brittany M Gouse1, Amelia K Boehme2, James E Siegler3, Karen C Albright4, Dominique J Monlezun1, Alexander J George1, Timothy Mark Beasley5, Sheryl Martin-Schild6

Author Affiliations

1: Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans, LA.
2: Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
3: Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
4: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health; Health Services and Outcomes Research Center for Outcome and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE), Division of Preventive Medicine; Center of Excellence in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Eliminating Disparities (CERED) Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC).
5: Section on Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
6: Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans, LA. Electronic address: smartin2@tulane.edu.

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