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Filter by:Background Women undergoing Caesarean Section (CS) have an increased risk of postpartum infections compared to women undergoing vaginal delivery. In Denmark the incidence of post-CS infections is 7-10%. The most common infections are endometritis, Urinary tract infections (UTI) and wound infections (WI). Prophylactic antibiotics are effective in preventing postoperative infections and national guidelines recommend that antibiotics should be administered as a single dose immediately before surgical incision. CS is an exception to this pre-incision administration approach. National guidelines recommend administration of antibiotics after umbilical cord clamping to avoid exposure of the child to antibiotics before birth. Recent studies of antibiotic prophylaxis for CS suggest that prophylactic antibiotics administered before incision compared to after umbilical cord clamping may reduce post-CS infections by up to 50%. Two Cochrane reviews from 2012 criticize these types of studies for lack of data for outcomes on the baby and on late infection in the mother. This study is a double-blinded randomized controlled trial with a concurrent Health Economic Assessment. The study will examine the effect of change in timing of prophylactic antibiotics on the rate of post-CS infections (endometritis, UTI and WI). The study will be performed at the obstetric departments at Odense University Hospital (OUH), Hvidovre Hospital (HH) and Hospital South West Jutland (HSWJ) in collaboration with the Department of Clinical Microbiology, OUH, to ensure that the most appropriate antibiotic regime is used. Furthermore, collaboration with a neonatologist will ensure appropriate assessment of neonatal outcome. The investigators plan to enroll the first patient at OUH February 2013. HH and HSWJ will follow with a couple of months delay. The inclusion period is scheduled to last until the investigators have 2844 participants, who have answered the questionnaire. The investigators expect to complete the inclusion period in October 2014 (last patient last visit, LPLV). Microbiological analyzes and data processing is expected to be completed one year after the LPLV. The study population is all women delivering a child by CS during the project period, at Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of OUH, HH and HSWJ. Objective: Investigate whether and by how much antibiotics administered 15-60 minutes before incision versus after umbilical cord clamping reduces the rate of postpartum infections in a Danish population of women undergoing CS. Hypothesis: Antibiotics administered pre-incision will result in fewer postoperative infections than antibiotics administered after the umbilical cord is cut. Hypothesis: Antibiotics administered before incision are cost-effective, compared to administration after umbilical cord clamping, measured by post-CS infection and as cost per Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY).
The study patients are patients suffering from primary or secondary immunodeficiencies investigated in the Hospital Necker for a suspected infectious disease. The study purpose is to assess the performance of a High Throughput Sequencing method, the PATHOQUEST method (from sample preparation to bio informatic analysis), versus the classic diagnostic approach. The study will evaluate the capacity of the PATHOQUEST method to detect pathogens responsible for an infectious disease episode and will also evaluate the delay of obtention of results compared to the classic diagnostic approach.
This study aims to assess how large an additional disease burden and what extra costs are generated by antibiotic resistance in patients suffering from infections caused by gram-negative bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in hospitals in the Netherlands.
This is a study to evaluate the efficacy of Ceftaroline in the treatment of bone and joint infections.
Peritoneal infection is still a frequent complication in peritoneal dialysis patients . In France, It contributes to the technique failure, responsible for about 20% of cases of transfer in hemodialysis. The risk of direct mortality is estimated at 1 to 6% according to studies. Peritoneal infection is involved in the dysfunction of the peritoneal membrane. Based on the recommendations of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, the intraperitoneal route is preferentially recommended. For many antibiotics, pharmacokinetics (intravenous and intraperitoneal) was studied and protocols for IP administration were validated. Daptomycin, is a cyclic lipopeptide natural, active only on Gram-positive bacteria. It is presented as an alternative to vancomycin in infections resistant pathogens. The stability of daptomycin in peritoneal dialysis fluids (PDF) has been tested, and antimicrobial activity as well. Seven patients were treated with daptomycin intraperitoneally successfully. But no study has reported pharmacokinetics of daptomycin via the IP route. We propose a pharmacokinetic study of daptomycin administered intraperitoneally in 12 patients on CAPD and with Gram-positive peritoneal infection.
Lactoferrin is a protein that is a component of the immune system. It has many properties that could make it the ideal agent for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections. Lactoferrin has antibacterial properties (is able to kill or stop the growth of disease causing bacteria and fungal organisms), it improves immune function, and can increase the growth of beneficial bacteria in the bowel. Lactoferrin has been approved by Health Canada as a Natural Health product and is sold in health food stores as a supplement. However, given the potential beneficial effects of Lactoferrin, it requires further study as to its effects in acutely and seriously ill patients. One potential use which has not been studied is for the prevention of infections in critically adult ill patients. The aim of this study is to determine the utility of Lactoferrin in this patient population. The Lactoferrin that the investigators will be using in this study is extracted from cow's milk, where it naturally occurs. Cow lactoferrin has similar properties as that normally produced in the human body. This study is being conducted to determine how well a solution of Lactoferrin given orally and through a feeding tube helps to prevent infections and inflammation in critically ill patients in addition to usual care and other measures that are known to be partially effective for the prevention of infections.
The main purpose of this study is evaluate whether it is safe or not to use various combination of antibiotics (ampicillin, metronidazole, clindamycin, piperacillin-tazobactam, gentamicin) in treating infants with complicated intra-abdominal infections
This study will investigate the treatment of urinary tract infection in men. Specifically, the investigators are looking to see if shorter duration of antibiotics (7 days) is any worse than longer duration of antibiotics (14 days). The investigators will also study whether longer treatment leads to an increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria in the large intestine (colon), or an increase in drug side effects.
A phase I/II trial conducted in a single centre, observer-blind, randomized, dose-ranging, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a single intramuscular injection of plant-based Seasonal Quadrivalent VLP Influenza Vaccine administered to healthy adults 18-49 years of age. A total of one hundred and twenty (120) subjects will be randomized in four (4) groups of 30 subjects to receive one injection of either a low, a medium, or a high dose level of VLP of the quadrivalent VLP influenza vaccine or the placebo preparation (100 millimolar (mM) phosphate buffer + 150 mM sodium chloride (NaCl) + 0.01% Tween 80).
A phase 2, Randomized, Observer-blind, Multicenter, Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluate the Immunogenicity, Safety, and Tolerability of the plant-made H5 VLP Influenza vaccine adjuvanted with Alhydrogel or Glucopyranosyl-lipid adjuvant in squalene emulsion (GLA-SE), in healthy adults 18-60 years of age.