Active clinical trials for "Pyelonephritis"

The purpose of this study is to determine clinical and urodynamic risk factors for recurrent urinary tract infection in 5-18 years old children.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy and implications of the diagnoses and treatment determined by bedside ultrasonography (b-US) of the kidneys compared to current clinical assessment. Potentially diagnosing patients faster and avoiding missing conditions leading to readmission or unnecessary radiation from computed tomography (CT). This study evaluates the use of b-US as a supplement to clinical evaluation, in an unselected group of patients in the emergency department (ED) with signs of kidney involvement. The b-US of the kidneys is performed by a medical student certified in this technique. The evaluation will be based on data collected from a Danish hospital (Odense University Hospital, OUH) in autumn 2018.

Acute pyelonephritis is important to recognize and treat quickly. Today the diagnosis is primarily clinical and often challenging. Sometimes acute pyelonephritis is complicated by obstruction leading to hydronephrosis. The aim of this study is to investigate whether ultrasound scanning conducted by a radiologist can diagnose acute pyelonephritis. Also, the investigators will investigate whether health care professionals with basic ultrasound skills can diagnose hydronephrosis by point-of-care ultrasound scanning in patients suspected of acute pyelonephritis.

The purpose of this research study is to compare the amount of protein excreted by the kidneys in a 24-hour period between patients who have a kidney infection and those who do not have a kidney infection.

Pyelonephritis is a serious infection that manifests with fever, back pain, nausea, and vomiting. In the U.S., it is estimated that there are 20 cases of pyelonephritis per 10,000 annually, with the highest incidence in young women. Escherichia coli (E. coli) causes over 80% of these infections. Over the last two decades, E. coli resistance has emerged to commonly prescribed antimicrobials, such as ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX). Most recently, resistance to fluoroquinolones and strains producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) have been observed. In order to better understand the evolution and current state of antibiotic resistance among E. coli urinary tract isolates so as to better inform treatment decisions, the investigators propose to conduct an investigation to: a) determine the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among E. coli causing acute pyelonephritis in various patient groups, and specifically healthy community-dwellers with uncomplicated infections, b) determine the specific prevalence of fluoroquinolone-resistance and ESBL-producing E. coli, and c) determine potential risk factors for fluoroquinolone and ESBL-producing E. coli infections.

Objective: To determine whether antibiotic treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in kidney transplant recipients could be useful to prevent pyelonephritis in these patients.

Hypothesis: Administration of corticoids (dexamethasone) together with the conventional antibiotherapy in the acute phase of a febrile urinary tract infection could reduce the risk of renal scarring after 6 months of the primo-infection. Primary objectives:To evaluate the reduction in incidence of renal scarring after 6 months of a acute pyelonephritis between the control group (conventional therapy plus placebo) and intervention group (conventional therapy plus dexamethasone. Design: Multicentre randomized clinical trial,placebo controled, including children between 2 months and 14 years with a acute pyelonephritis proven by a acute phase DMSA (dimethylsuccinic acid ). A total of 180 children in to parallel groups (intervention and placebo) will be included.

Acute pyelonephritis (APN) corresponds to infections of the renal parenchyma. The annual incidence of these infections is estimated at 4-6 million cases in France, with 60 to 90% of patients managed in general city medicine. The ceftriaxone, parenteral third-generation cephalosporin (C3G), occupies an important place in the antibiotic treatment of these infections: this is the recommended probabilistic treatment, and in some situations the treatment can be continued in its entirety via a Ceftriaxone monotherapy. The aim of the last antibiotic plan is to avoid the use of antibiotic therapies with a high selection capacity (cephalosporins, penicillins, fluoroquinolones, etc.) and thus reduce the incidence and prolongation over time of the digestive carriage of multi-resistant bacteria . To date, there have been few studies evaluating the impact of ceftriaxone on the emergence of multi-resistant bacteria on an individual scale, with rather heterogeneous results (13-86% C3G resistance). Thus, before considering randomized studies comparing the ecological impact of different molecules or therapeutic regimens in the treatment of ANP, it is necessary to have a precise and rigorous evaluation of the ecological impact of the molecule reference in this indication. The investigators propose a study to evaluate the impact on the digestive flora at 1 month of a ceftriaxone antibiotic therapy (7 days) in the management of acute pyelonephritis in women.

No single host or pathogen trait identified by previous research can be correlated with all cases of childhood acute pyelonephritis or APN (i.e., kidney/upper urinary tract infections) and APN-associated renal scarring (the outcome with the highest morbidity), making it difficult for physicians to determine which patients will be affected. Our proposal is to comprehensively study the relationships between the clinical manifestations of urinary tract infections (UTIs), the host risk factors and immune response, and the microbial species that cause these conditions. The result of the study will be a clinical severity score to personalize diagnostic and treatment strategies for infants with UTI, with the goal of decreasing the morbidity of APN/renal scarring and improving patient outcomes.

To evaluate the changes in the microcirculation of the liver, kidney and spleen during acute infection in patients with malaria (cohorts 1 and 3) and other infectious diseases such as acute pyelonephritis at day 0 (within 8 hours of the treatment start), day 2 to 4 and day 28-32, using functional US with continuous infusion of a contrast agent (SonoVue, Bracco, Italy). Study hypothesis: malaria patients should exhibit a different pattern of enhancement, particularly when quantitative measurements of the SU signals is performed with destruction reperfusion kinetics.