Active clinical trials for "Infections"

This is a prospective randomized controlled study to the difference between using normal saline or betadine irrigation of wound prior to skin closure in reducing the incidence of wound infection after Cesarean section.

The investigators aim to recruit 311 participants to this study from three UK Dermatology departments. The investigators will invite people with suspected skin cancers whose lesions have a broken surface (also known as ulcerated) who will undergo surgery. This study is being carried out because it is possible that patients with skin cancers with ulceration might be at greater risk of developing a wound infection after surgery. The aim of this study is to determine how many people with ulcerated skin cancers develop an infection of the wound after it has been surgically removed. People with ulcerated skin cancers who will have surgery will be invited to participate in the study. If they agree, a member of the research team will explain the study and consent them to participate in the study. At the time of surgery, information will be collected about the participant, skin tumour and procedure. The participant will be given standardised advice regarding wound care and further care will be as per each centre's 'normal clinical care'. If participants are diagnosed with a wound infection then they will asked to take a 'wound selfie' and share the photo with the research team. The research team will contact the participant via a postal questionnaire which will be sent four weeks after the procedure to determine whether they had any concerns about post-operative infection and whether any action was taken. Additionally, all participants at the University Hospital of Wales will have a surface swab taken from their ulcerated skin cancer and these will be analysed in the Public Health Wales laboratory at the University of Wales, Cardiff. The aim of this aspect of the study is to identify the most common bacteria in ulcerated tumours.

This study provides Hepatitis C virus screening to the members of the World Trade Center Health Program followed at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai born during 1945-1965, and linkage to care for those found infected. The study will also determine if exposure to human remains, blood and/or bodily fluids during the World Trade Center Health Program activities are associated with Hepatitis C virus infection. These findings would be relevant to the larger United States population, especially to persons born during 1945-1965 who are at high risk of Hepatitis C virus infection.

This study will investigate whether there is a population-level association between circulating respiratory viruses and NHS hospital admissions for acute vascular events using data from national infection surveillance and Hospital Episode Statistics.

Background: Some blood and immune disorders can be helped with HSCT. This is allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The person who gets the stem cells has their immune system suppressed. This is done to help prevent their body from rejecting the transplant. During this time, the person is at a high risk to get viral infections. Researchers want to study the records of people who had transplants a few years ago. They want to look at how often certain viral complications happened. Objective: To study how often certain viral complications occurred after HSCT and what risks factors were involved. Eligibility: Records will be reviewed. No participants will be contacted. Design: Researchers will review medical records from the NIH Clinical Center. The records will be from people who had HSCT between 2010 and 2015 when they were between 4 and 85 years old. They already gave consent for their data to be studied. Data collected will include: Vital statistics like age and sex Viral status of the recipient and donor Reason for transplant Transplant details How the immune system recovered after transplant If the recipient got graft versus host disease Any infections Overall survival ...

Intraabdominal infection require rapid care management including antibiotic therapy and source control. Morbidity and mortality associated with Intraabdominal infections remain high. French recommendations have been edited in 2000 further updated in 2014. Delay in diagnosis and surgery can lead to worsened outcomes. However, little data are available on early community-acquired intraabdominal infections management to identify risk factors of inadequate management.

The value of CSF IL-6, IL-8 and Procalcitonin in detecting an early diagnosis of intrathecal infection in neurosurgical patients with an external ventricular drainage is evaluated.

A retrospective, post-marketing, multi-center chart review study includes patients who had been prescribed Ampholipad.

To descride the clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and complications of children with a deep neck infection. A retrospective chart review was conducted at the Montpellier hospital in France. All children aged less than 18 years who had been admitted with a diagnosis of cervical phlegmon, tonsillar abscesses, retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal abscesses between January 2015 and December 2017 were included. The investigators collected the demographic, biological, radiological data and treatment received of the patients to the admision. The results of the bacteriological samples were collected. The investigators compared our results to those of the 10-year cohort. The investigators wish to compare the duration of hospitalization and the duration of the fever enter the group treated by alone antibiotic and the group treated by antibiotic and surgical drainage

S. aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci are the most frequent bacteria responsible for PJI (prosthetic joint infection). The aim of this study is to describe the use of rifampicin.