Active clinical trials for "Infections"

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate invasive fungal infections (IFI) according to clinicians' opinion vs the opinion of an independent board of experts. The primary output of this study is the evaluation of inter-raters agreement. Secondary objectives are: evaluation of IFI incidence; description of clinical and laboratory features; frequencies of different antifungal treatments; description of outcome; impact on the treatment of underlying hematological malignancy. This is a multicenter, non-interventional observational, prospective study. The duration of the study will be 18 months. The study will recruit all consecutive eligible patients in each participating center, during a period of 6 months until at least 600 patients with acute myeloid leukemia are registered, that represented the highest risk category. Other disease types that fulfill the eligibility criteria in the participating centers during the same period will also be recruited in the study. The clinical, microbiological, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures operated on these patients will be collected. An eCRF will be compiled for all patients: T0: at the start of antifungal treatment, information will be collected regarding hematological malignancy, status of the disease at onset of infection and phase of treatment, last chemotherapy regimen, comorbidities and risk factors; previous IFI, neutropenia, antifungal and antibiotic prophylaxis and the kind of IFI clinicians retain the patient suffer (possible/probable/proven) and the kind of antifungal treatment started (empiric/pre-emptive/target); diagnostic work-up done, positive microbiology and biomarkers, positive radiological findings; antifungal treatment. T1: at 30-40 days (or before if the patient unfortunately died) a second form must be completed with information regarding any changes in/additional diagnostic work-up done, positive microbiology and biomarkers, positive radiological findings; any changes in antifungal treatment; outcome. At that time, the local physician must state any revision of his diagnostic classification between the moment in which antifungal treatment was started and the moment of evaluation of the outcome in order to estimate the differences regarding the level of evidence of diagnosis and treatment of IFI during time. Each case will be examined blinded by 2 different experts, who will review all records based on the existing guidelines, their own experience and the information that was known at the two time points, which may confirm or not the decision of local physician. The sample size will be driven by the AML patients (approximately 60-70% of the patients). Sample will be described in its clinical and demographic features via descriptive statistics. Quantitative variables will be summarized with the following measures: minimum, maximum, range, mean and standard deviation. Qualitative variables will be represented by frequencies tables.

Clinical pneumonia is a leading cause of pediatric hospitalization. The etiology is generally bacterial or viral. Prompt and optimal treatment of pneumonia is critical to reduce mortality. However, adequate pneumonia management is hampered by: a) the lack of a diagnostic tool that can be used at point-of-care (POC) and promptly and accurately allow the diagnosis of bacterial disease and b) lack of a prognostic POC test to help triage children in need of intensive assistance. Antibiotic therapy is frequently overprescribed as a result of suspected bacterial infections resulting in development of antibiotic resistance. Conversely, in malaria-endemic areas, antibiotics may also be "underprescribed" and children with bacterial pneumonia sent home without antibiotic therapy, when the clinical pneumonia is mistakenly attributed to a co-existing malaria infection. The investigators previously identified combinations of protein with 96% sensitivity and 86% specificity for detecting bacterial disease in Mozambican children with clinical pneumonia. The investigators' prior work showed that it is possible to identify biosignatures for diagnosis and prognosis using few proteins. Recently, other authors also identified different accurate biosignatures (e.g., IP-10, TRAIL and CRP). In this study, the investigators propose to validate and improve upon previous biosignatures by testing prior combinations and seeking novel combinations of markers in 900 pediatric inpatients aged 2 months to 5 years with clinical pneumonia in The Gambia. The investigators will also use alternative case criteria and seek diagnostic and prognostic combination of markers. This study will be conducted in Basse, rural Gambia, in two hospitals associated with the Medical Research Council Unity The Gambia (MRCG). Approximately 900 pediatric patients with clinical pneumonia aged 2 months to 5 years of age will be enrolled. Patients will undergo standard of care test and will have blood proteins measured through Luminex®-based immunoassays. Results of this study may ultimately support future development of an accurate point-of-care test for bacterial disease to guide clinicians in choices of treatment and to assist in the prioritization of intensive care in resource-limited settings.

The objective of this study is the collection and testing of clinical samples to determine the clinical performance of the Access HIV Ag/Ab Combo assay on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer

The treatment outcome of Mycobacterium abscessus infection in acquired interferon-gamma autoantibody syndrome has not been well studied. Investigators will perform a retrospective and prospective cohort study to determine the treatment outcome of Mycobacterium abscessus infection in patients with acquired interferon-gamma autoantibody syndrome compared with the infection in patients with chronic lung disease which is known to be the most common group of infection and have high rates of treatment failure. Investigators hypothesized that Mycobacterium abscessus infection in acquired interferon-gamma autoantibody syndrome has better outcome than infection in chronic lung disease.

The population of these monocentric and retrospective study includes patients hospitalized in one of the critical care services of Nîmes' community hospital. The objective is to determine the key factors that lead to satisfactory beta-lactams serum concentrations in critically ill patients. Clinical and biological features, as well as risk scores are collected and recorded into an electronic Case Report Form. The primary outcome is to show the main characteristics related to adequate beta-lactams serum concentrations in critically ill inpatients. Secondary outcomes include the key factors related to inadequate beta-lactams serum concentrations in critically ill inpatients, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) impact in the achievement of target beta-lactams serum concentration and the correlation between Aminoglycosides and Beta-lactams serum concentrations. Do both antibiotics have similar elimination kinetics ?

This study seeks to identify and test host RNA expression profiles in context to protein biomarkers in dried blood spot samples as novel diagnostic markers of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection and to improve the understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease.

An observational study was performed on 48 women wearing hijab and 48 women not wearing hijab to compare the scalp microbiome.

The Sternoclavicular joints (SCJ) represents an important factor in stability of shoulder joint. Its influence and its function is important for the functionality of the shoulder. SCJ infection is a rare condition and remains often mistreated and potentially life threatening. This study is to assess the cases treated at the University Hospital Basel with a surgical approach of extended resection of the SCJ. One prospective follow-up visit inclusive one physical examination per patient will be performed to evaluate the long-term functional results of arm, shoulder, hand function with the QuickDASH questionnaire.

The main aim of the study was to identify the various pathogens associated with surgical site infections and their antibiotic susceptibility in a governmental hospital in northern Jordan.

Retrospective analysis with subgroup evaluation Primary objectives of the data analysis study: 1 Retrospective analysis of the symptoms and quality of life data of patients with mild, acute (<96 hours) upper respiratory symptoms based on the results of standard health assessment questionnaires used at the institution, over a period of 10-15 days after the SARS CoV-2 PCR test. Secondary objectives 1 Retrospective assessment of the upper respiratory tract symptoms and quality of life and serological parameters of the contact persons with confirmed close exposure to SARS CoV-2 PCR positive patients (based on the results of the standard health assessment questionnaires used at the institution in the period of 10-15 days after the SARS CoV-2 PCR test) The retrospective analysis also includes an assessment of the pharmacological and supplementary therapies used in patients presenting with mild, acute (<96 hours) upper respiratory symptoms and SARS CoV-2 positive contacts, as well as the incidence of SARS CoV-2 virus infection in contacts confirmed by PCR test (based on values measured within 48 hours and 10-15 days later), and an analysis of patients' serological data.