@article{e02ac59de7d14bae9e4a087beae8bd8d,
title = "Postoperative infection may influence survival in patients with glioblastoma: simply a myth?",
abstract = "It is a prevalent myth that a postoperative infection may actually confer a survival advantage in patients with malignant glioma. This contention is based largely on anecdotal reports. Recently, a single-center study showed there was no survival advantage in those patients who had glioblastoma with postoperative infection.",
keywords = "Adult, Aged, Bacterial Infections, Brain Neoplasms, Female, Glioma, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Adult, Aged, Bacterial Infections, Brain Neoplasms, Female, Glioma, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies",
author = "{De Bonis}, Pasquale and Alessio Albanese and Giorgio Lofrese and {De Waure}, Chiara and Annunziato Mangiola and Bl Pettorini and Angelo Pompucci and Mario Balducci and A Fiorentino and Libero Lauriola and Carmelo Anile and Giulio Maira",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1227/NEU.0b013e318222adfa",
language = "English",
volume = "69",
pages = "864--864--8; discussion 868--9",
journal = "Neurosurgery",
issn = "0148-396X",
publisher = "Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins:530 Walnut Street:Philadelphia, PA 19106:(800)638-3030, (301)223-2300, EMAIL:
[email protected], INTERNET: http://www.lww.com, Fax: (301)223-2320, (301)223-2320",
}