Effect of changes in treatment based on measurement of Procalcitonin on the duration of antibiotics and outcome in patients with bacterial infections
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: A499- Bacterial infection, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/10/046367
- Lead Sponsor
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients admitted in the Department of Medicine with a suspected bacterial infection receiving antibiotic therapy
Exclusion Criteria
Hemodynamic instability persisting for more than 48 hours
Patients who continue to worsen after 72 hours of initial antibiotic therapy
Patients shifted to ICU/HDU
Presence of an abscess
Neutropenic patients/ or receiving steroids/ immunosuppressive agents/ PLHA/ hematological malignancy
Melioidosis, scrub typhus, Typhoid fever
Bacterial meningitis, septic arthritis, Infective endocarditis
Hospital acquired infection (fever starting 48 hours after hospitalisation) including CRBSI
Patients who are discharged within 5 days of hospitalisation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method