Legionella Pneumophila Pneumonia Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Impact of Legionella Urine Antigen Testing (LUAT) on the Local Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Legionella Pneumonia - A Hospital Based Study in Malaysia
Verified date | July 2019 |
Source | Ministry of Health, Malaysia |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Observational |
There has never been a paper published or research done to determine the rate of Legionella species as a cause of community or nosocomial acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization in Malaysia. Anecdotally, Legionnaires' disease is thought to be uncommon in Malaysia. This is one of the first prospective hospital-based studies to comprehensively evaluate the epidemiological and demographical factors of patients hospitalized with Legionella infection in Malaysia.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 505 |
Est. completion date | May 15, 2019 |
Est. primary completion date | May 15, 2019 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: 1. More than 18 years of age, 2. Hospitalized consecutively for pneumonia irrespective of it being community or hospital acquired. 3. Acute symptoms of less than 2 weeks and radiological features which are compatible to pneumonia. - Exclusion Criteria: 1. Under 18 years of age 2. Suspected/confirmed case of active tuberculosis 3. Patients who refused to give consent - |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Malaysia | Hospital Taiping | Taiping | Perak |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Ministry of Health, Malaysia |
Malaysia,
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Legionella Pneumonia | The diagnosis of Legionella pneumonia is made if the Legionella Urine Antigen Test is positive. The LUAT test kit utilized in this study will not be compared to the gold standard test for Legionellosis which would be the culture on specialised media/buffered-charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) plates, as this test is not available nationwide | 15 months |