Evaluation of biomarkers to distinguish bacterial vs non-bacterial infections in Ujjain, India

pssala University0 sites1,000 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

TBD

End Date

September 6, 2019

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sponsor

pssala University

•Inclusion Criteria:
•Patients between 2 months and 65 years of age with acute fever defined as one or both of the following: greater than 37\.5C axillary temperature measured electronically at initial evaluation or history of fever in the last 48 hours by the patient or their parent/caregiver.
•Presenting at the pediatric or general medicine outpatient department from 9\.00 to 13\.00 Monday to Saturday.
•Informed consent.
•Able and willing to be contacted for follow\-up, if required approximately 2 weeks after enrollment.

•Exclusion Criteria:
•Children or adults who are assessed to be critically ill based on clinician assessment or the presence of any general signs of critical illness. This includes in adults, (but is not limited to), impending airway obstruction, central cyanosis, severe respiratory distress, feeble pulse, active seizures or recent history of seizures, or unconsciousness. In children this includes: extensive vomiting, active seizure or recent history of seizures, altered mentation, inability to feed, or any of the severe IMNCI classifications or a weight of less than 4 kilograms .