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Clinical Significance of Smear or Culture Positive for Candida Spp. From Sputum Three Times a Week

NCT00537888 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2010-12-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The definition of pulmonary candidiasis is still unclear.In China, isolation of candida spp. form sputum twice or three times a week has been regarded as the microbiological evidence of pulmonary candidiasis. The investigators hypothesize that patients who present respiratory symptoms and lung infiltrates together with smear of culture positive for candida spp. from sputum three times a week can not be diagnosed as pulmonary candidiasis.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Candidiasis

Interventions

DRUG

fluconazole

Intravenous or oral 400 md/d

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Capital Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bin Cao, Doctor · Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Affiliate of Capital Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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