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Microbiological Keratitis in a Countryside City of Brazil

NCT ID: NCT00949468

Last Updated: 2009-07-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

74 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-06-30

Study Completion Date

2009-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to identify the predisposing factors, epidemiological features and clinical and microbiological diagnosis of infectious keratitis in two public referral centers of ophthalmology in a countryside city of Brazil.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Keratitis

Keywords

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Keratitis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Keratitis group

37 patients with keratitis

No interventions assigned to this group

Control Study Group

37 control volunteers

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients admitted with clinical suspicious of keratitis from June 2008 to June 2009 (Keratitis group)
* 37 volunteers without any ophthalmologic claim, recruited in the two ophthalmology centers listed (Control study group)

Exclusion Criteria

* In the Control Study Group, no infectious ocular disease was accepted
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sao Jose do Rio Preto Medical School

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sao Jose do Rio Preto University

Principal Investigators

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Thiago Lo Genaro, Academic

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sao Jose do Rio Preto Medical School

Locations

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Sao Jose do Rio Preto University

São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Other Identifiers

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Opht2009

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id