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Prospective observational national multicenter study of community-acquired pneumonia

Prospective observational national multicenter study of Community-acquired pneumonia: Etiology, Antibiotic treatment, Antibiotic resistance, Prognosis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0000327
Enrollment
3000
Registered
2012-01-20
Start date
2009-11-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Kyungpook National University Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. A plain chest X-ray or chest CT performed within 48 hours prior to enrollment, in which there is evidence of new or progressive infiltrate(s), consolidation or pleural effusion consistent with pneumonia 2. Two or more symptoms or sign - Fever > 38°C with no other cause - Elevated total peripheral white blood cell count(WBC>12,000 cells/mm3) or leukopenia with a total WBC cell count(WBC 70 y.o.) - New onset or worsening cough, or dyspnea, or tachypnea - New onset of purulent sputum, or change in character of sputum - Rales or bronchial breath sounds - PO2 <60 mmHg.(Worsening gas exchange)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Age 2 weeks , >40mg prednisolone, >160mg hydrocortisone, >32mg methylprednisolone, >6mg dexamethasone, or >200mg cortisone ix. Other immunosuppressives daily for > 2 weeks 9) Patients on antibiotic clinical trials which do not allow being enrolled in this study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Clinical outcome—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactHyun-Ha Chang

Kyungpook National University Hospital

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026