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Infection Control in Neurocritical Care

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Nosocomial infections (NI) may involve not only patients but anyone else in contact with the hospital environment: staff members, technical services, visitors. NI significantly contribute to hospital morbidity and mortality, causing prolonged hospital stays and an excessive economic burden. The highest infection rates are found in specialized care units and they exceed infection rates for routine inpatients five- to tenfold. Sixteen to 36% of patients treated in intensive care units (ICU) suffer from NI. For the high incidence of infection there are several causes, including severity of the acute illness, age, multiple comorbid diseases, immunocompromised host, invasive procedures, mechanical ventilation, artificial nutrition, inadequate asepsis in emergency situations, and clustering of susceptible and infective individuals.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Werner Hacke M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wall Street, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Daniel F. Hanley M.D. (Associate Professor, Director Neuroscience Critical) (Associate Professor, Director Neuroscience Critical)

  3. Department of Neurology, Humboldt University Berlin, Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Karl M. Einhäupl M.D. (Professor and Chairman, Charité) (Professor and Chairman, Charité)

  4. Department of Neurology, Medical Center, University of Virginia, Box 394, 22908, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Thomas P. Bleck M.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  5. Department of Neurology, Washington University, Medical Center, 660 South Euclid Avenue, P.O. Box 8111, 63110, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Michael N. Diringer M.D. (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  6. Department of Neurology, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 32 Fruit Street, 02114, Boston, MA, USA

    Allan H. Ropper M.D. (Professor of Neurology) (Professor of Neurology)

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Schuchardt, V., Geiss, H.K., Bleck, T.P. (1994). Infection Control in Neurocritical Care. In: Hacke, W., Hanley, D.F., Einhäupl, K.M., Bleck, T.P., Diringer, M.N., Ropper, A.H. (eds) Neurocritical Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87602-8_17

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