Pneumonia (acute lower respiratory infection)
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who fulfill the criteria 1-3 and provided sputum that fulfill the criteria 4. 1. Patients who have newly developed infiltrations in the chest imaging study and have clinical symptoms that support pneumonia. 2. Bacterial culture of the sputum is submitted. 3. Urine antigen test for S. pneumoniae is submitted. 4. Sputum that is isolated within 48 hours of the development of symptoms of pneumonia and is classified into Miller-Hones M2, P1, P2, or P3 is provided.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients that do not fulfill the inclusion criteria.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Validity of the cutoff value for Haemophilus influenzae and Pseudomonas spp.. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Validity of the cutoff values for Moraxella catarrhalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Stahylococcus aureus. Overall performance of HIRA-TAN system to identify the causative pathogen of pneumonia. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Saitama Medical University Respiratory medicine