Improving the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Emergency Rooms

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pneumonia
• Interventions: Other: Nasopharyngeal Swab

• Registration Number: NCT02851771
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

Brief Summary

A point-of-care laboratory (POC) was set at North Hospital, Marseille, France for the diagnosis in less than two hours of pneumonia caused by known pathogens, close to the reception of Emergency service. In this instance 30% of patients have no etiological diagnosis after the POC tests Pneumonia. This lab has discovered over 200 new species of bacteria in humans, including vector bacteria and opened the field of large Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid (DNA ) viruses. Also, the laboratory of emerging viruses discovered many Ribo Nucleic Acid (RNA) viruses transmitted by arthropods. Based on this collection of new pathogens described in POC laboratory, this study proposes to expand the etiological diagnosis strategy of pneumonia after POC tests.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-06-14
• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-28
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-02
• Primary Completion: 2019-04-15
• Study Completion: 2022-10-27
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1364

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient admitted at hospital for pneumonia requiring, for the emergency physician, a microbiological examination with a "POC pneumonia kit."
• Patient who has freely signed the informed written consent
• Patient affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant woman, parturient or nursing
• Adult major under guardianship
• Patient deprived of liberty under court order
• Patient refusing or unable to sign the informed consent form.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pneumonia Patients	Nasopharyngeal Swab	Patient admitted at hospital with pneumonia, who need a microbiological diagnosis

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of patients in percentage with a confirmed etiological diagnosis of pneumonia	1 day

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille; 🇫🇷 Marseille, France