Active clinical trials for "Bacterial Infections"

Ceftazidime-avibactam is used for treatment of invasive Gram-negative bacterial infections among critically ill patients, including those on continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration . However, dosing of ceftazidime-avibactam for these patients remains undefined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of ceftazidime and avibactam among critically-ill patients, including those receiving CVVHD. This is a registration of Dr. Shields' exempt project under IRB approved research study STUDY19040363

Respiratory infections such as colds, flu and pneumonia affect millions of people around the world every year. Most cases are mild, but some people become very unwell. Influenza ('flu') is one of the most common causes of lung infection. Seasonal flu affects between 10% and 46% of the population each year and causes around 12 deaths in every 100,000 people infected. In addition, both influenza and coronaviruses have caused pandemics in recent years, leading to severe disease in many people. Although flu vaccines are available, these need to change every year to overcome rapid changes in the virus and are not completely protective. This study aims to find and develop predictive tests to better understand how and when flu-like illness progresses to more severe disease. This may help to decide which people need to be admitted to hospital, and how their treatment needs to be increased or decreased during infection. The aim is to recruit 100 patients admitted to hospital due to a respiratory infection. It is voluntary to take part and participants can choose to withdraw at any time. The study will involve some blood and nose samples. This will be done on Day 0, Day 2 and Discharge from hospital, and an out-patient follow-up visit on Day 28. The data will be used to develop novel diagnostic tools to assist in rational treatment decisions that will benefit both individual patients and resource allocation. It will also establish research preparedness for upcoming pandemics.

No biological marker is highly specific of infection and currently available, especially for bacterial infection. The ideal marker would be easy to perform, rapidly, inexpensive, and correlated with the severity and prognosis of the infection. decreased in eosinophil count (EC) is unspecific of a particular clinical picture and may support a systemic inflammation, whereas the deeper the eosinopenia is, the darker is the prognosis in ICU. The duration of eosinopenia is not clearly documented, but it has been recently shown that EC tends to normalization, rapidly after appropriate and effective antimicrobial therapy in case of bacterial infection among adults patients hospitalized in a medicine ward. In the light of this findings, Terradas et al. described that EC returned back to normal between the day 2 or day 3 in survivors, indicating a potential interest as a predictive marker of the evolution among hospitalized patients. To the best of our knowledge, no work has studied eosinopenia as a prognostic marker of mortality during bacterial infections in the elderly patients in a hospital setting. Our study aims to evaluate the prognosis value of the EC in a geriatric unit of tertiary care hospital.

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of using thermal images to diagnose bacterial pneumonia instead of a chest x-ray in the future. More specifically, the objectives of this study are: 1) to determine if thermal imaging, using a commercial thermal camera can detect areas of heat emitted from the chest in similar locations to where a chest X-ray shows focal consolidation consistent with bacterial pneumonia; 2) to evaluate whether changes in heat emitted from the chest changes over time if it is possible to obtain serial images of the chest.

This research will test a new ultra-rapid technology (called ID/AST Accelerate system) that uses a digital microscope to identify bacteria based on their growth patterns. This method does not have to wait for bacteria to grow in a lab. The new method can identify the type of bacteria within 2 hours of receiving a specimen. The new method also shows the effect of selected antibiotics on the bacteria including multidrug resistant bacteria so that doctors know within 6 hours from specimen collection which antibiotic kills the bacteria. To check the accuracy, speed and impact of the new method on antibiotic prescribing, investigators are proposing a study with two parts; The first part will test the accuracy and speed of the results obtained by the new method. The second part will test if having the results from the new method early would change the antibiotics prescribed to a patient in a simulation experiment. An independent infectious disease physician will be shown the results from the new method and asked if the results were accurate, would it change the antibiotic treatment for the patient.

NSAIDs are widely consumed, and some are currently available for self-medication with indications 'Pain and Fever' (Cavalié, National Agency for Drug Safety (ANSM), 2014) There is no recommendation to limit their use in bacterial infections except for chicken pox in children. To date, no study has highlighted the aggravating role of exposure to NSAIDs on bacterial infections in adults, based on the usual septic severity Levy's score (SSS), and mortality, but it delays adequate antibiotics (Legras, Critical Care, 2009) Community-acquired bacterial infections in adults exposed to NSAIDs are serious by their spread (multiple locations), and suppurative character requiring frequent use of invasive procedures such as surgery or drainage. The SSS does not reflect the seriousness of these infections. They are frequently associated with use of ibuprofen (63.4%), and self-medication practices (65.5%). The main hypothesis is that NSAIDs exposure is associated with a specific severity of community-acquired bacterial infection, marked by dissemination, suppurative complications or even invasive procedures requirement. Our objectives are also to: Describe what NSAID use terms are associated to the risk of serious bacterial infections: molecule, dosage, duration of exposure, access (prescription or self-medication), associated drugs. To determine what type (s) (s) of bacterial infection is worsened by exposure to NSAIDs. To determine if other risk factors contribute to severity of bacterial community acquired infection To describe hospital costs associated to such severity of bacterial infection

The objective of this study is to conduct a population pharmacokinetic analysis of caspofungin in a population of patients with moderate and severe acute alcoholic hepatitis or liver disease with Child-Pugh score B and C in order to better characterize pharmacokinetic parameters in case of moderate and severe liver dysfunction.

The purpose of this study is to determine if Linezolid is safe for adult Filipino patients diagnosed with gram positive infections.

The purpose of this study is to survey iron storage levels and their prognostic consequences in the context of acute inflammation. The impact of iron substitution in inflammatory states is controversial. We hypothesize that iron substitution may influence outcome in patients in inflammatory states.

We will compare the percentage of patients having therapeutic vancomycin serum concentrations after current standard dosing, after dosing with our software. We will also include therapeutic outcomes and costs in the analysis.