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Procalcitonin-guided Detection of Streptococcal Acute Tonsillitis

NCT01657968 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2013-01-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary purpose of the present study is to investigate the usefulness of Procalcitonin as a supplement to the Streptococcal antigen test and Centor criteria in the differential diagnose making between Streptococcal and non-Streptococcal acute tonsillitis.

Furthermore, the investigators aim to examine Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker in acute tonsillitis due to Fusobacterium Necrophorum.

Conditions

  • Streptococcal Acute Tonsillitis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Skodstrup Medical Clinic, Denmark

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Aarhus University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tejs E Klug, MD · Aarhus University Hospital

  • Therese Ovesen, DMSc · Aarhus University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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