Status:
COMPLETED
Pulmonary Infections Masquerading as Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Lead Sponsor:
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Baylor College of Medicine
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-64 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to identify cases from patients who have been referred for consultation to the Infectious Disease Section at the VAMC, Houston, and to compare them with other cases of ...
Detailed Description
Guidelines to treat community acquired pneumonia (CAP) have been developed and widely promulgated by important professional societies in the past 10 years. The impetus to do so came from the observati...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- subjects who were seen in calendar year 2004 because they were thought to have CAP, but who, upon further evaluation, plainly did not, and consultation was sought.
- case control is diagnosis of CAP with verification by all or nearly all of the following features: presence of cough, increased sputum, fever, leukocytosis and a distinct new pulmonary infiltrate.
Exclusion
- among the case controls, if the diagnosis of CAP was made despite the absence of the cardinal features of CAP, as cited above, the investigators will not include the case.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2004
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00304395
Start Date
January 1 2004
End Date
January 1 2007
Last Update
October 29 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030