Childhood study on respiratory pathogens from induced sputum

Childhood study on respiratory pathogens from induced sputum - Induced sputum

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON35654

Enrollment

100

Registered

2009-09-25

Start date

2009-10-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

'lower respiratory tract infections' 'lung infection'

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Tachypnea combined with at least one of: elevated body temperature, cough, dyspnea or abdominal pain

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Acute exacerbation of asthma in the last 4 weeks. This is defined as requiring systemic coricosteroids, hospital admission and/or use of ß-sympaticomimetics >400 µg per day - Oxygen saturation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The quality of induced sputum, defined as 25 leukocytes per visual field under light microscopy.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To identify bacterial and viral pathogens of lower respiratory tract infections. To determine the practical applicability of sputum induction in general pediatric practice. To determine the prevalence of Coxiella burnetii infections (Q fever) in children with lower respiratory tract infections. To determine the prevalence of Influenza A type H1N1-infections in children with lower respiratory tract infections.	—

Measure

Time frame

To identify bacterial and viral pathogens of lower respiratory tract infections. To determine the practical applicability of sputum induction in general pediatric practice. To determine the prevalence of Coxiella burnetii infections (Q fever) in children with lower respiratory tract infections. To determine the prevalence of Influenza A type H1N1-infections in children with lower respiratory tract infections.

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results