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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00573521
Date of registration: 12/12/2007
Primary sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Public title: Risk Factors for Piperacillin/Tazobactam Resistance in Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing Organisms
Scientific title: Risk Factors for Piperacillin/Tazobactam Resistance in Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing Organisms
Date of first enrolment: November 2007
Target sample size: 450
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00573521
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Time Perspective: Retrospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Brian Potoski, Pharm D
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Affiliation:  University of Pittsburgh
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical information is collected by chart review of "case" and "control" patients.

- A "case A" patient is defined as follows: One or more clinical cultures are positive
for an ESBL producing bacteria and the organism is piperacillin/tazobactam resistant.

- A "case B" patient is defined as follows: One or more clinical cultures are positive
for an ESBL producing bacteria and the organism is piperacillin/tazobactam
susceptible.

- Additionally, 1 control patient in the hospital at the same time as the case patients
will be randomly selected for each case and are not in either case group.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients < 18 years of age



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Enterobacteriaceae Infections
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
This research will help to identify risk factors for resistance to an antibiotic that is commonly used in the empiric treatment of critically ill patients. [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
PRO07100136
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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