Diagnosis of GABHS Tonsillitis - Comparison Between Culture From Tonsills and Culture From the Bucal Surface

Tonsillitis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Diagnosis of GABHS Tonsillitis - Comparison Between Culture From Tonsills and Culture From the Bucal Surface

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03137823
• Other study ID #: 0022-17-BBL
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 22, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2018
• Source: Bait Balev Hospital
• Contact: LIMOR ADLER, MD
• Phone: +972-524206797
• Email: adler_l[@]mac.org.il
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Diagnosis of Group A beta hemolytic strep tonsillitis -

• cultre of tonsills (gold standard)

• culture from bucal surface (test)

Description:

This study will examine 2 groups. first group of 50 children aged 3-18 years and the second group of adults aged 18-65 with a clinical diagnosis of tonsillitis and centor criteria of 2 or more (fever, exudates on tonsills, no cough, enlarged lymph nodes).

In each patient we'll take 2 cultures - the first from the tonsills and the second from the bucal surface. both of them will be sent to MEGA-LAB .

the treatment will be based only on the gold standrad culture from the tonsills.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: May 22, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• tonsills exudates

• Centor criteria - 2 or more

Exclusion Criteria:

• tonsillectomy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Tonsillitis
• Tonsillitis Streptococcal

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• throat culture
throat culture - from the tonsills and from the bucal surface

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	MACCABI	Ofakim

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bait Balev Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	positiveGABHS culture from bucal surface in comparisson to positive culture from tonsills	sensitivity and specificity of culture	each test will be cultures within 24-48 hours.