Microbial Keratitis in Cairo University Hospitals

NCT ID: NCT05387993

Last Updated: 2022-05-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 85 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-09-10
• Study Completion Date: 2021-06-15

Brief Summary

The aim of the study was to identify the incidence of infective keratitis presenting to the ophthalmology emergency department at Cairo University hospital, the risk factors and the bacterial/fungal spectrum causing the ulcers and to determine the best possible empirical therapy followed by specific therapy after obtaining culture results.

Conditions

Infective Keratitis

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients presenting at the casualty who are clinically diagnosed as infectious keratitis , of all age groups and including both genders.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients presenting with clinical picture suggestive of

• Viral keratitis solely without superimposed secondary infection.
• Non infectious keratitis as peripheral ulcerative keratitis ( e.g. Mooren's ulcer, marginal keratitis, autoimmune keratitis )

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Kasr El Aini Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nevien Lotfy Abdelkader

Ophthalmology Resident at the Ophthalmology Department, Cairo University.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Yehia Mostafa, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Kasr Al Aini Hospital

Mohamed El Agha, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Kasr Al Aini Hospital

Ihab Othman, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Kasr Al Aini Hospital

Moushira Hosny, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Kasr Al Aini Hospital

Nevien Lotfy, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Kasr Al Aini Hospital

Locations

Kasr Al Aini Hospital

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

MS-427-2020

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id