is cerebral ischemia an infectious disease
The profile of predictors for cerebrovascular ischemia was similar in patients with and in patients without preceding infection. Therefore, infection appears to temporarily increase the risk for cerebral ischemia in patients with a preexisting increased risk and acts mainly as a trigger factor for ischemic stroke.n both sexes combined and in men but not in women, previous infection was a significant risk factor when hypertension, diabetes mellitus, current smoking, coronary heart disease, and previous cerebral ischemia were included as covariates in the logistic model (Table 9 â).