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Filter by:This is a prospective cohort study. All patients presenting for periprosthetic joint infection and requiring debridement only or resection arthroplasty will be eligible. The synovial joint fluid will be sampled before the arthrotomy at the operation room. The purpose of this study will be to evaluate that 1) the concordance of organism identification by the direct identification of MALTI-TOF MS versus routine identification of MALTI-TOF MS and conventional cultures and 2) the timing of preliminary strain identification by the direct identification of MALTI-TOF MS, routine identification of MALTI-TOF MS and conventional cultures in patients with periprosthetic joint infection.
To establish a relationship between changed prescribing pattern and associated shift in sensitivity trend of causative microbes in patients of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in a closed community
Study on patients with CNS infections.
This cluster randomized controlled study evaluates the effect of a tailored observation, reflection and communication tool on used by long-term care facility staff on antibiotic prescription for urinary tract infection in long-term care facility residents.
This study tests the effects of an experimental drug PC786 in people infected with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). PC786 may be useful in treating patients infected with RSV as it works by interfering with the way the virus multiplies. PC786 is an inhaled medicine. Participants will be treated with SoC treatment (e.g. oral ribavirin and/or IV immunoglobulin), half of the participants will receive PC786 in addition and half will receive a placebo treatment. The study will take place at multiple sites in UK and will include approximately 30 participants. The maximum study duration will be about 4 weeks.
The purpose of this study is to determine the safe use and evaluate the efficacy/performance of DAV132 in hospitalized patients at high risk for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and who receive fluoroquinolones (FQs) for the treatment of acute infections or for prophylaxis of febrile neutropenia.
Purpose of the study: • To obtain additional data on the efficacy and safety of Anaferon in the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections.
Differentiating between septic arthritis and other causes of joint inflammation in pediatric patients is challenging and of the utmost importance because septic arthritis requires surgical debridement as part of the treatment regimen. The current gold standard to diagnose septic arthritis in children is a positive synovial fluid culture; however, joint cultures may take several days to return. If a bacterial infection is present, it requires immediate surgical intervention in order to prevent lasting articular cartilage damage. Frequently surgeons must decide whether to surgically debride a joint before culture results are available. There is no single lab test or clinical feature that reliably indicates bacterial infection over other causes of joint inflammation. The alpha-defensin assay has shown high sensitivity and specificity for joint infection in other studies.The purpose of this study is to determine the sensitivity and specificity of several synovial biomarkers for diagnosing pediatric septic arthritis.
24 healthy volunteers will be immunized with three times 50 L3 larvae or placebo followed by treatment with albendazol and subsequently challenged with twice 50 L3 larvae.
Background: Abdominal wall reconstruction in patients presenting with enteric fistulas and mesh infection is challenging. There is a consensus that synthetic mesh must be avoided in infected operations. The alternatives to using synthetic mesh, such as component separation techniques and biologic mesh, present disappointing results with expressive wound infection and hernia recurrence rates. Methods: A prospective clinical trial designed to evaluate the short and the long-term outcomes of patients submitted to elective abdominal wall repair with synthetic mesh in the dirty-infected setting, and compared to a cohort of patients submitted to clean ventral hernia repairs.