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Filter by:The purpose of this protocol is to provide a mechanism for the ongoing collection of blood and urine samples in newborns that will be used to measure levels of antimicrobial products used in the newborn population where there are limited pharmacokinetic data in either premature or term infants.
Background: The incidence of lung cancer is quite high among people with the human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus. Frequent smoking may explain that cancer increase, given that 50% to 70% of HIV-infected people are current smokers. Recent research suggests that other factors may be involved as well. Smoking habits, such as smoking earlier in life or smoking more cigarettes a day than others do, may have a role. Also, HIV-infected smokers seem to have a greater risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The association of HIV and COPD is important, because COPD itself is linked to an increased risk of lung cancer. About 1,600 subjects from the study known as ALIVE (AIDS Linked to the Intra-Venous Experience), which began in 1988 in Baltimore, Maryland, will be given a detailed questionnaire on smoking behaviors and lung cancer risk factors. They will also have spirometry testing, to evaluate lung function. Objectives: To better characterize smoking habits and compare tobacco use among HIV-infected and uninfected drug users. To compare serum cotinine levels and spirometry results, as a marker of tobacco use and a marker of damage to lung function, respectively. Eligibility: Patients 18 years of age and older who are in the ALIVE cohort. Design: Patients undergo the following procedures: - Completing a questionnaire on smoking history. Questions include age when smoking began, periods of quitting smoking, average number of cigarettes per day for specific periods, amount of each cigarette smoked, depth of inhalation, type of cigarette, nicotine dependence, use of other smoked [Note: I would not mention that these drugs are illegal] drugs, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, past medical history, and recent respiratory symptoms. - Spirometry testing. Patients are asked to breathe as deeply as possible and then rapidly exhale into a tube. The forced expiration volume in 1 second reflects the average flow rate during the first second, and it can be used to determine the degree of pulmonary obstruction. - Blood samples. Tests measure levels of cotinine, a chemical made by the body from nicotine. African American males, who constitute the majority of the ALIVE cohort, participate in this test. Results would show how much tobacco smoke has recently entered the body. For this test, researchers plan to evaluate 240 current tobacco smokers and 100 participants who report no recent cigarette use.
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of Vitamin D on renal phosphate and bone loss, which are common in HIV infected adolescents and young adults being treated with tenofovir.
Malaria and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common in pregnant women in Africa and are important preventable causes of poor birth outcomes and maternal and infant mortality. This study investigated baseline characteristics of the population including: rates of STIs including HIV, prevalence of malaria and tuberculosis (TB) and resistance to common antimalarial drugs.
Tigecycline's activity against resistant organisms, as well as significant coverage of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, may provide a valuable therapeutic alternative in treating patients with complicated skin and/or skin structure infections.
To assess the efficacy and safety of Tygacil in the usual German hospital setting. The main goals are: to assess the efficacy of Tygacil under usual care conditions (cure rate); to assess the main side effects observed in daily medical practice (Safety of Tygacil); to determine whether patients are optimally dosed with Tygacil (according to the label) and the proportion of patients receiving a monotherapy versus combination therapy; to observe the potential resistance development against Tygacil in Germany; to determine which antibiotic agents are chosen for a combination therapy with Tygacil; to determine to which antibiotic substance non-responders to Tygacil are switched; to assess the duration of the intravenous therapy with Tygacil and to determine whether and which patients receive an oral antibiotic substance after the therapy with Tygacil; to collect information on profile, comorbidities and characteristics of patients treated with Tygacil.
To determine the pharmacokinetic profile and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ascending multiple doses of tigecycline in patients aged 8 to 11 years with selected serious infections; complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI), complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI), or community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
This study was designed determine whether use of creatine monohydrate, a dietary supplement, can increase skeletal muscle mass and strength and improve the response to progressive resistance exercise training in people with HIV infection.
The aim of the present study is to evaluate a new technique for prevention of sternal wound infection consisting of local application of collagen-gentamicin in addition to routine i.v. antibiotic prophylaxis. The technique has been evaluated in a previous randomised study. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the technique after it has been introduced in clinical practise to monitor the bacterial antibiotic susceptibility and to verify that the suggested reduction in sternal wound infection still exits.
The purpose of this study is to study the safety of single doses and multiple doses of Finafloxacin hydrochloride in healthy volunteers. The level of Finafloxacin hydrochloride will be measured in the subjects blood and urine. One part of the study will assess if Finafloxacin hydrochloride eradicates Helicobacter pylori, a stomach bacteria. Another part of the study will assess the activity of the drug in urine.