Active clinical trials for "Bacteremia"

The study investigates the effect of supra- and subgingival rinsing of 10% PVP prior to ultrasonic debridement in patients with periodontitis (as compared to rinsing with water) in terms of post treatment bacteraemia. Study design: Randomized split-mouth (cross-over) study on 20 generally healthy subjects.

Background: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is frequently encountered in hospitals, with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Duration of antimicrobial treatment for SAB, other than in cases of Infective endocarditis (IE), recommended by different guidelines relies on risk stratification for relapse of infection rather than definite diagnosis of septic foci that eventually determine the relapse rate. In recently published studies fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET CT was found to be a sensitive imaging test for identifying metastatic infectious foci in Gram-positive bacteremia, including SAB. Objectives: To examine the impact of using FDG PET CT in the diagnostic algorithm of non-IE SAB compared to standard treatment recommendations on treatment duration and clinical outcomes. Methods: A prospective interventional non-comparative cohort study conducted at Rambam Health Care Campus. Patients with SAB, defined as microbiologically and clinically, will undergo FDG PET CT 10-14 days following the first positive blood culture for diagnosis of septic extra-cardiac foci of infection. Patients with IE will be excluded. Short (2 weeks) versus long treatment (4-6 weeks) will be recommended for negative and positive PET CT tests, respectively. Patients will be followed-up for 1 year for relapse of infection and mortality. We will document the sensitivity and specificity of PET CT for detection of complications among patients with SAB. We will examine the percentage of patients in whom the use of PET CT changed treatment duration compared to standard recommendations. We will compare also, the relapse rate and 1 year mortality rate with data from previous studies and local data. Assuming a 15% rate of management changes compared to consensus recommendations, a sample of 150 patients will achieve the required 95% CI. Significance: Our trial will serve for improving decision making in patients with non-IE SAB, shortening treatment duration in unnecessary cases and decreasing relapse rate by giving prolonged appropriate treatment for metastatic infection not identified by standard management algorithms. PET CT is assuming an increasingly important role in infection diagnosis and management. The current study will be the first to examine the role of PET CT in directing management of patients with SAB.

The use of these catheters is associated with infectious complications that are an important iatrogenic source of morbidity and mortality. Certofix® protect is a catheter with a surface modified in order to reduce colonization by bacteria. This clinical trial is performed to compare the safety and efficacy of the coated central venous catheter, Certofix® protect, with that of the non-coated standard catheter Certofix®.

Central venous catheter infections are common preventable adverse events among hospital patients. Microbes may enter catheter hubs, also known as needleless connectors, and result in downstream contamination. This study aims to compare alcohol disinfection of catheter hubs to disinfection with chlorhexidine gluconate in alcohol, which has been proven to be a superior disinfectant at the site of central venous catheter insertion. Scrub duration of central venous catheter hubs will also be evaluated.

For more than fifty years, vancomycin has been cited as a nephrotoxic agent. Reports of vancomycin induced kidney injury (a.k.a vancomycin induced nephrotoxicity or VIN), have waxed and waned throughout the years for various reasons. Recently, VIN has reemerged as a clinical concern. This may be due to various reasons, including new dosing recommendations as well as an increased prevalence of risk factors associated with vancomycin induced nephrotoxicity. This study aims to evaluate a strategy which attempts to reduce kidney damage from vancomycin use.

The primary objective of the study is to identify the risk factors of community-acquired bacteremia to resistant bacteria. As the secondary objectives, the study aims to describe the episodes of epidemiology of bacteremia (community-acquired and nosocomial) with inpatient patients in APHP. to research a potential correlation between the incidence of community-acquired bacteremia of studied germs and the evolution of antibiotics consumption in general population in Île de France region. to distinguish three categories of community-acquired bacteremia: real community-acquired infections, infections beginning in community (patients discharged a community care center within 3 months), the nosocomial infections (patients discharged a health center within 7 jours). Describe the epidemiology of resistance and the differential impact of individual exposure to antibiotics in these three categories. to identify, according to pathogens, a temporal threshold from which a prior stay in a health center or HAD would impact on the occurrence of a community-acquired bacteremia with a resistant bacterium. to describe prospectively for follow-up of 1 year for hospitalized patients for a community-acquired or nosocomial bacteremia: mortality at one month and 3 months, re-hospitalization for an infectious episode and isolated bacteria during this later episode.

This study evaluates the potential interest of a new multi-lumen infusion access device (Edelvaiss® Multiline NEO) in the prevention of catheter-related bacteremia when administering injectable drugs in premature infants. This device will be compared to the standard infusion set of each center.

Safety and efficacy of direct thrombin inhibitors versus enoxaparin in patients with staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. The study hypothesizes that inhibition of the coagulase-activity of S. aureus by direct thrombin inhibitors is safe and translates into a better outcome of patients with S. aureus bacteremia.

The impact of continuous veno-venous haemofiltration (CVVH) on sepsis-induced multiple organ failure severity is controversial. We thus sought to assess the effect of early application of haemofiltration on the degree of organ dysfunction and plasma cytokine levels in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.

Hospitalized patients at least 18 years of age, with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) will be enrolled into the study and receive one dose of Aurexis® intravenously on Study Day 1, and will be followed until Study Day 57. Aurexis is a humanized monoclonal antibody that is designed to combat Staphylococcus aureus. The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of standard antibiotic therapy, plus Aurexis or Placebo for treatment of (SAB). Additionally, certain tests and measurements will be conducted to preliminarily determine if Aurexis demonstrates any benefit to these patients.