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Improved Diagnostic Strategies in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Completed
Conditions
Endocarditis
sepsis
10046973
10004018
Registration Number
NL-OMON49374
Lead Sponsor
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
526
Inclusion Criteria

Positive bloodculture with Staphylococcus aureus

Exclusion Criteria

For the main study and the qPCR and Biobank sub-studies: none., For the cCT
substudy: eGFR <45ml/min, pregnancy, female <30 years, inability to provide
informed consent, life-expectancy <4 weeks, hemodynamic instability or
respiratory failure.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Main cohort study:<br /><br>1. Presence or absence of infective endocarditis and/or complicated SAB, as<br /><br>classified by study adjudication committee at the end of the study based on all<br /><br>clinical information up to 90 days after discharge.<br /><br><br /><br>cCT sub-study:<br /><br>1. Diagnostic accuracy of cardiac CT for the diagnosis of endocarditis in<br /><br>patients with SAB.<br /><br><br /><br>qPCR sub-study:<br /><br>1. Diagnostic accuracy of qPCR for the diagnosis of complicated SAB and SA-IE<br /><br>bacteraemia in patients with SAB.<br /><br><br /><br>Biobank sub-study:<br /><br>1. The diagnostic and prognostic value of host response biomarkers during<br /><br>antimicrobial therapy for the diagnosis of complicated SAB and SA-IE </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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