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Filter by:The role of the nasopharyngeal mucosal microbiota has recently been emphasized in respiratory diseases. The hypothesis that respiratory infections are linked to an imbalance of the nasopharyngeal microbiota has recently emerged and some studies show a link between the respiratory microbiota, the susceptibility to viral respiratory infections and the severity induced. In a preliminary work on the respiratory microbiota from 225 patients and 48 controls, the investigators found a decrease in the richness and biodiversity of the nasopharyngeal microbiota in patients with a respiratory viral infection as well as an enrichment of their respiratory flora in pathogenic bacteria. Interestingly, these recent years, the development of qPCR for virus diagnosis showed a substantial proportion of asymptomatic carriers of viruses suggesting that the nasopharyngeal microbiota may play a critical role in the genesis and clinical expression of viral respiratory infection, challenging Koch's postulate. The principal objectives of this study are to compare the respiratory microbiota between symptomatic patients with respiratory viral infection and asymptomatic carrier of virus. The aim is to determine the existence of respiratory microbiota profiles associated with the occurrence of viral respiratory infections influencing the clinical expression of virus and to determine the role of the respiratory microbiota in the occurrence of bacterial superinfection which will justify an early antibiotic treatment. The investigators will include 35 symptomatic patients with viral respiratory infection harboring positive qPCR for respiratory virus (influenza A or B, RSV, rhinovirus, metapneumovirus), 35 asymptomatic patients with positive qPCR for respiratory virus and 30 healthy subjects (controls). A pharyngeal and a nasal swabs will be performed for each patient. All the samples will be analyse by culturomics and metagenomic. Culturomic is a high-throughput culture strategy based on the multiplication of culture conditions coupled with the rapid identification of bacteria by MALDI-TOF (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption / Ionization-Time-Of-Flight) mass spectrometry.Metagenomics is an high throughput sequencing and will be performed using Miseq ( Illumina technology) targeting the V3-V4 hypervariable regions of the 16S RNA gene.
The study will test the ability of specially formulated nutritional supplement capsules to extend the time between recurrent urinary tract infections in women. This objective will be completed by enrolling women who have suffered from 3-4 uncomplicated UTIs in the past 12 months into a double blind placebo controlled cross-over trial. Cross-over and study completion are triggered by the next two UTI recurrences. The goal of the study is for the supplement to extend the time to the next UTI for study participants as compared to placebo.
To assess the association between Clostridium difficile (CD) toxins' serum levels and the grade of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) severity/failure to CDI treatment and rate of recurrence. Furthermore, the kinetics of CD toxins in serum of CDI patients undergoing anti-CDI treatment, as well as the relationship between serum toxins levels and length of CDI diarrhea will be evaluated.
The purpose of this study is to assess efficacy of 10-day antimicrobial susceptibility test guided triple therapy for the first-line treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection, then comparing it with 14-day empirical tailored therapy to tell which one has a better performance in both efficacy and safety.
This trial will examine 2 ways of using the antifungal posaconazole to prevent invasive fungal disease and the precipitation of chronic rejection post lung transplantation.
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI), especially among young women. Up to 75% of C. trachomatis infected women are asymptomatic. If untreated, C. trachomatis infection can cause sequelae such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and tubal factor infertility. C. trachomatis can also cause anorectal infections, which are typically asymptomatic. Among women with urogenital chlamydial infection, around 36-91% also had concurrent anorectal chlamydial. Notably, there was no association with anal intercourse in the studies that reported it. However, guidelines do not recommend routine anorectal testing, but restricted testing in people who are in high-risk groups, report anal sexual behavior, or have anal symptoms, i.e., on selective indications. This is in contrast to urogenital testing, which is a routine procedure in STI care services. The anal transmission of C. trachomatis in women may occur by autoinoculation from the vagina due to the close proximity of the vagina and the anus. C. trachomatis could lead to a persistent infection in the lower gastrointestinal tract, suggesting the potential role of autoinoculation of cervical chlamydial infection from the rectal site. Such (repeat) urogenital infections could lead to reproductive tract morbidity. Recommended treatments for C. trachomatis infections are a single 1g dose of azithromycin or 100mg of doxycycline 2 times a day for 7 days. Although these two regimens are equivalent for urogenital infection, no study has compared the effectiveness of these two treatments on anorectal infection. If rectal C. trachomatis is a hidden reservoir influencing transmission rates, and considering the potential complications of cervical infections, providing further evidence of the need for effective rectal treatments among women is highly relevant.
Retrospective reports from literature have shown a lower rate of infections for transperineal versus transrectal approach for prostate biopsies in the setting of prostate cancer suspicion. The aim of this study would be to compare in a prospective randomized trial the rate of infection with transperineal versus transrectal approach.
The XN-20, is a full blood count (FBC) analyser with an extended differential counting and flagging System. The XN-Series' individual channels allow real-time reflex analysis, and uses a two stage process to classify the white blood count (WBC) sub-populations and detect the presence of abnormal reactive and malignant cells. In regards to lymphocytes in the peripheral blood, the machine has the capacity to distinguish activated from non-activated T-cell subsets using a very small volume of EDTA sample (88uL) (including remnant sample from a standard full blood count) with results available in 1.5 minutes. It is a fully automated process and can be considered as an alternative rapid flow cytometry method. Objective of the SASA study: to investigate the signal pattern of white blood cells assessed using the XN-20 full blood count platform in patients with untreated viral infections i.e. HIV, HCV and HBV. The data from the analysis will be reviewed in conjunction with patient's demographic and clinical disease characteristics with the aim of detecting characteristic cell populations that can be used in the development of system flags for future studies.
This study evaluate Microbial growth on Bre-Flex versus PEEK denture base in Bilateral Maxillary bounded partial denture , half of patients will receive a framework with breflex denture base and the other half will receive a framework with PEEK denture base then evaluate the Candida growth
The investigators aim to assess the effectiveness of prophylaxis of urinary tract infections in children with a probiotic containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus PL1 and Lactobacillus plantarum PM1. It is formulated a hypothesis that a 3-months course of probiotic prophylasis is more effective than placebo.