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Fast Identification of Pathogen in the Setting of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry

NCT01624181 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2013-01-10

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Summary

With this study the investigators want to determine, if a fast identification of germs, causing hospital-acquired infections of the lower respiratory tract, is possible through the use of MCC-IMS technology - a method that allows on time detection and identification of very small amounts of substances in gas samples. Therefore aspiration samples from the respiratory tracts of ventilated patients, which are suspected to develop such an infection, will be collected, cultivated and analyzed by MCC-IMS. The investigators want to determine if MCC-IMS diagnostic could be a faster alternative to conventional microbiological methods. The results of the MCC-IMS analyses therefore will be compared with results of conventional microbiological methods.

Conditions

  • Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Pneumonia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • B&S Analytik GmbH, Dortmund, Germany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Universität Duisburg-Essen

    collaborator OTHER

  • Korean Institute for Science and Technology in Europe, Saarbrücken, Germany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Göttingen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Quintel, Prof. Dr. · University of Göttingen

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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