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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01139112
Other study ID # 201005034R
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received June 7, 2010
Last updated November 14, 2012
Start date July 2009
Est. completion date December 2011

Study information

Verified date May 2012
Source National Taiwan University Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Taiwan: Department of Health
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a retrospective descriptive study on the clinical and microbiological features of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Necrotizing Fasciitis.


Description:

Background. Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive, life-threatening infectious disease that primarily involves soft tissue. Traditionally, group A streptococcus is the major cause of this disease. In recent years, however, there are increasing case reports of necrotizing fasciitis solely caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. There are limited data regarding clinical and microbiological features of K. pneumoniae strains causing this disease.

Methods. We plan to review the medical records of necrotizing fasciitis cases treated during 1997-2010 at National Taiwan University Hospital, and compare the clinical features of cases caused by K. pneumonia and cases caused by group A streptococcus. We also plan to retrospectively identify necrotizing fasciitis-associated K. pneumoniae strains stored at -80oC at National Taiwan University Hospital, and perform virulence-associated hypermucoviscosity phenotyping, wzy (magA locus) and rmpA genotyping, and detection of 20-kb kfu/PTS genomic region and other iron-uptake systems.

Expected Results. This study is expected to yield the following important information: (1) The prevalence of monomicrobial K. pneumoniae necrotizing fasciitis cases among all necrotizing fasciitis cases at our hospital during the study period; (2) The distinct clinical features of K. pneumoniae necrotizing fasciitis, using group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis as the comparison group; (3) The microbiologic characteristics of K. pneumoniae strains causing monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis, including hypermucoviscosity phenotype, wzy (magA locus) and rmpA genotype, and the presence of iron-uptake systems.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 134
Est. completion date December 2011
Est. primary completion date December 2011
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Definitive diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis depends on intra-operative findings characterized by a lack of resistance to blunt dissection of the normally adherent fascia, presence of necrotic fascia, and purulent malodorous discharge. Pathological findings of the involved fascia typically show neutrophils and bacterial clumps infiltrating between collagen bundles of with focal necrosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Time Perspective: Retrospective


Locations

Country Name City State
Taiwan National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

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