Mass spectrometry identification of true urinary tract infection in elderly women: the SENIOR pilot
- Conditions
- rinary tract infection, asymptomatic bacteriuria
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28149
- Lead Sponsor
- The Sponsor of the study is the LUMC. The study is funded by a ZonMw grant
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 124
Inclusion Criteria
Female, aged > 65
- Pyuria
- New onset of = 2 symptoms: frequency, urgency, dysuria, suprapubic tenderness
Exclusion Criteria
- Inability to express symptoms
- Immunosuppressive therapy
- Previous urological surgery
- Active glomerulonephritis
- Urologic malignancy
- Bladder irrigations
- Pretreatment with antibiotics in previous 48 hours
- UTI in preceding month
- Present urolithiasis
- Presence of urinary catheter
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Biomarker levels (sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive value) in women with and without UTI (including ASB)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Biomarker levels in women with upper versus lower UTI