Community Acquired Pneumonia in Telemark and Ostfold

NCT ID: NCT00467701

Last Updated: 2009-01-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

380 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-05-31

Study Completion Date

2008-02-29

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to investigate the bacterial causes in community acquired pneumonia in adults admitted to hospital in two counties in Norway and to look at possible factors that makes the patients susceptible to pneumonia.

Detailed Description

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In Norway there is little knowledge of which bacterias that causes pneumonia in patients admitted to hospital. There are also few registered cases of Legionnaires disease every year, compared to our neighbour countries.

Therefore 500 patients with community acquired pneumonia admitted to Telemark hospital and Ostfold hospital in Norway will be tested by urin antigen test for the detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and Streptococcus pneumoniae. We will also perform routine bacterial culture of sputum and culture on medium for isolation of Legionella species. A throat swab from the patients will be tested for Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Bordetella pertussis using PCR-techniques. Legionella-serology will also be performed. In addition all the included patients are invited to fill in a questionnaire in order to look for risk factors for developing community acquired pneumonia.

Conditions

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Symptoms of lower airway infection and radiologic sings of pneumonia.

Exclusion Criteria

* Age\<18
* Serious psychiatric illness
* Mentally retarded
* Hospitalized last 14 days
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sykehuset Ostfold

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sykehuset Telemark

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sykehuset Telemark HF, Norway

Principal Investigators

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Halfrid Waage, dr.med

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Telemark Hospital, 3710 Skien, Norway

Locations

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Sykehuset Telemark

Skien, Telemark, Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Other Identifiers

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NSD: 16388

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

REK: S-05393

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

STHF 5690.10

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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