A Retrospective Review of Infections Usually Observed in Transplant Recipients
- Conditions
- Infection
- Registration Number
- NCT00298077
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Brief Summary
The study will identify patients with infections commonly observed in transplant recipients, describe the epidemiology of their infection, study the risk factors associated with various infections and examine strategies of early diagnosis and prevention of infection
- Detailed Description
The following variables will be followed: time and location of positive cultures, underlying diseases and severity of illness, recent immunomodulative therapies, physical exam findings, previous medical surgical conditions, microbiology and virology culture results, laboratory and radiographical data, antimicrobial usage of onset of infection, microbiological data and resistance patterns, choice of antibiotics once organism identified, suspected source of infection, bacteriological outcomes, laboratory results, demographic information, pathology and histology results, summaries of admissions, discharges, operations, death, medications, clinical outcome gender, height, weight, ethnicity, date of transplant, type of transplant, primary diagnosis, and past medical history. Also required are medical summaries of admissions, discharges, operations, and deaths
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
- Patients who receive medical care at UPMC
- Patients who developed infections usually observed in transplant recipients
Exclusion:
- Patients who do not receive medical care in UPMC Oakland campus
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
🇺🇸Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
UPMC
🇺🇸Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States