A clinical study to know the pattern of drug use against micro-organisms causing ventilator-associated pneumonia(VAP)and also to study the drug resistance(capacity of disease causing micro-organisms to withstand exposure to drugs) in patients who receive mechanical ventilation and develop VAP.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J17- Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/12/016572
- Lead Sponsor
- I
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Subjects of either gender, aged more than or equal to 18 years admitted as inpatients in Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Bangalore, who receive mechanical ventilation and develop ventilator-associated pneumonia(VAP)
2. Willingness to give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Subjects in whom adequate sputum sample cannot be obtained
2. Subjects with viral, fungal or aspiration pneumonia
3. Subjects with tubercular(TB) pneumonia
4. Subjects who are sero-positive for HIV infection
5. Subjects with diagnosed malignancy
6. Subjects with pre-existing VAP
7. Subjects and/ or legal representatives not willing to give written informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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