Usefulness of Microbiological Tests in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

NCT00312741 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2009-02-27

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Summary

The hypothesis is that community-acquired pneumonia is usually a monomicrobial infection. Therefore, early detection of the etiology allows to select the most active, narrow-spectrum, and cheap, and less toxic antibiotic agent.

Conditions

  • Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

empirical versus microbiological guided treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Arnau de Vilanova

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Miquel Falguera, M.D. · Hospital Arnau de Vilanova (Lleida)

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Completion
2008-05-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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