Status:
UNKNOWN
Clinical Feature and Microbiology Characteristics of Empyema in Children
Lead Sponsor:
Beijing Children's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Capital Institute of Pediatrics, China
Tianjin Children's Hospital
Conditions:
Empyema
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-18 years
Brief Summary
The study is designed to clarify the clinical characteristics and reversion of children with empyema, observe the effect of streptococcus vaccine application on serotype of streptococcus, and to explo...
Detailed Description
Empyema is a major complication of bacterial community-acquired pneumonia in children. And studies have shown that although the incidence of community-acquired pneumonia in children has decreased with...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age between 1 day to 18 years
- Admitted with diagnosis of pneumonia combined with pleural effusion
- The appearance of thoracic fluid or the results of fluid examination conforms to empyema with at least 1 of the following criteria:
- Thoracentesis is pus.
- Thoracic fluid smear observation show bacterial-positive.
- Thoracic fluid culture test show bacterial-positive.
- Cell counting of thoracic fluid is more than 10x109/L.
Exclusion
- Subjects will be excluded if the thoracic fluids are caused by non-infectious factors, such as cardiovascular, connective tissue disease, tumor or trauma, etc.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 6 2021
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 30 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04695275
Start Date
January 6 2021
End Date
November 30 2022
Last Update
January 5 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Beijing Children's Hospital,
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100045