Active clinical trials for "Bacterial Infections"

Vaginal infection in early pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of spontaneous preterm delivery and late miscarriage. Most studies presume that vaginal infections are responsible for up to 40% of preterm birth. Although the causative microorganisms of vaginal infections are manifold, the three pathogens most commonly associated with vaginal infections are Gardnerella vaginalis, Candida albicans and Trichomonas vaginalis. The aim of this prospective study is the validation of the point-of-care tests OSOM BVBLUE for bacterial vaginosis and SavvyCheck Vaginal Yeast Test for candidosis in comparison to Gram stain.

Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients have increased incidence of infections with MDRO pathogens. This difference leads to a disparity in antibiograms between SOT recipients and other hospitalized patients.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of a positive 16S rDNA PCR in various sites on patient's management. The secondary objectives of the protocol are: to evaluate bacterial identification performance to evaluate the effect of previous antibiotic therapy to analyze the management of discordant results between 16S PCR and culture identification

The study's primary objective is to determine plasma and dialysis fluid concentrations in patients prescribed ceftazidime-avibactam as the standard treatment for their infection and requiring continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) as part of the standard treatment for acute or chronic renal failure. Secondarily, the study will evaluate the pharmacokinetics of ceftazidime-avibactam in these patients on CVVHDF. The study will also determine if the prescribed dose meets pharmacodynamic targets.

This is a prospective cohort study to evaluate clinical utility and feasibility of beta-lactam therapeutic drug monitoring in Singapore. The investigators hypothesise that conventional beta-lactam dosing regimens based on manufacturer's recommendations (derived from Phase I studies on healthy volunteers) will produce sub-optimal levels in at least half of the patients. Hence, beta-lactam therapeutic drug monitoring and dose individualisation will be required for optimal clinical outcomes. The investigators' secondary aims include correlating various therapeutic targets with clinical outcomes to identify a suitable therapeutic target for clinical use and to characterise beta-lactam pharmacokinetics in sub-group of patients with complex pharmacokinetics so that local empirical dosing regimens can be formulated.

There are many bacteria that naturally live in our gut and are essential for good health. These bacteria have a variety of helpful functions, such as aiding digestion, synthesizing vitamins, repressing the growth of harmful bacteria and defending against some diseases. The desirable bacteria that live in the gut are collectively known as 'gut flora', or more appropriately, as 'gut microbiota'. The less desirable resistant bacteria, however, can also be carried in a person's gut for prolonged periods of time and be found in the stools without causing illness. Persons that carry the resistant bacteria in the gut are known as "carriers" and they require no treatment. Knowing that a person carries resistant bacteria is helpful, because it will inform the choice of antibiotic if the person were to become unwell or had an intervention such as surgery in the future. There is some evidence that resistant bacteria found in the stools can sometimes be passed from one person to another and eventually make someone ill if they infect (invade) their body. The investigators do not know how often this may happen, or how much carrying resistant bacteria in the stools may facilitate the spread of resistant bacteria in the population. It is important to address these questions and study ways to stop the resistant bacteria from spreading to safeguard the efficacy of antibiotics.

The purpose of this study is to identify if there is a relationship between multiple sclerosis disease-modifying therapy exposure, immunodeficiencies, and infection risk in subjects living with MS.

The pilot study "ARIIBO" was conducted to analyze changes in immune parameters reported in obese subjects, which had never been the subject of a global study outside of an infectious context, and studied in period septic only sporadically. This study was intended to contribute to a better understanding of the probably adverse impact of obesity on the immune response to bacterial infections, and to describe a specific immunological profile of an infectious excess risk in obese subjects. In terms of infection, obesity is a risk factor due to "mechanical" and pharmacodynamic variations, but also to the immune system. One of the best studied immunological parameters in obese patients, leptin resistance, is associated with a decrease in innate and adaptive immunity through a modification of the lymphocyte and cytokine profile. It is important to compare the data collected in obese patients infected (first study called "ARIIBO"), with those of non-obese subjects presenting the same type of infection, which will be included in the study "ARIIBACT"

To study whether a device has a nudging effect on the time spend on surgical rub.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy is common in critically ill patients. The major causes of AKI are severe sepsis and septic shock requiring effective antibiotic treatment. Patients with sepsis on ICUs usually are haemodynamically instable so that renal replacement therapy is applied using continuous techniques. In recent years, the efficacy of renal replacement therapies has improved, namely by using regional citrate anticoagulation which improves filter lifetime and filter patency. At present, the extent of removal of antibiotic drugs using citrate-anticoagulated CVVHD in critically ill patients has not been investigated thoroughly. Thus, the investigators want to investigate whether and to what extent antibiotic drugs (piperacillin/tazobactam and imipenem/cilastatin) are removed during citrate-anticoagulated CVVHD per se whether filter patency during citrate-anticoagulated CVVD remains stable during a treatment period of 72 h