Diagnostic tool for bacteremia in hospitalized children bacteremia, pediatric, rapid diagnostic test
Conditions
Interventions
Retrospectively review 150 cases of hospitalized children with positive blood culture and identified pathogen using conventional blood culture,Prospectively recruit 150 cases of hospitalized children
Diagnostic,Diagnostic
Standard conventional blood culture, Rapid diagnostic test for identification pathogen in blood culture
Sponsors
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
No minimum to 15 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged less than 15 years who are hospitalized in a general pediatric ward or pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and have been identified positive blood culture.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are hospitalized in a nursery / special care unit (SCN) / neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) ward 2. Incomplete medical records of the primary outcomes e.g. data on antibiotic use
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Timing to antibiotic targeted therapy Time starts from the time from the first dose of antibiotic to the first dose of targeted antibiotic therapy or antimicrobial discontinuation for contaminants. Timing to antibiotic targeted therapy | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Percentage of changing antibiotic according to the result 24 hours after receiving RDT result Percentage of changing antibiotic according to the result | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactSuvaporn Anugulruengkitt
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Outcome results
None listed