Microbiological Keratitis in a Countryside City of Brazil

Completed

• Conditions: Keratitis

• Registration Number: NCT00949468
• Lead Sponsor: Sao Jose do Rio Preto Medical School

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify the predisposing factors, epidemiological features and clinical and microbiological diagnosis of infectious keratitis in two public referral centers of ophthalmology in a countryside city of Brazil.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-06
• Primary Completion: 2009-06
• Status Verified: 2009-07
• Study Completion: 2009-07
• Study First Submitted: 2009-07-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-07-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2009-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 2009-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients admitted with clinical suspicious of keratitis from June 2008 to June 2009 (Keratitis group)
• 37 volunteers without any ophthalmologic claim, recruited in the two ophthalmology centers listed (Control study group)

Exclusion Criteria

• In the Control Study Group, no infectious ocular disease was accepted

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sao Jose do Rio Preto University; 🇧🇷 Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil