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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00949468
Date of registration: 29/07/2009
Primary sponsor: Sao Jose do Rio Preto University
Public title: Microbiological Keratitis in a Countryside City of Brazil
Scientific title: Epidemiologic Characteristics, Predisposing Factors and Microbiological Profile of Infectious Corneal Ulcers in Two Referral Centers in a Countryside City of Brazil
Date of first enrolment: June 2008
Target sample size: 74
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00949468
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional  
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:   Thiago Lo Genaro, Academic
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Sao Jose do Rio Preto University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients admitted with clinical suspicious of keratitis from June 2008 to June
2009 (Keratitis group)

- 37 volunteers without any ophthalmologic claim, recruited in the two ophthalmology
centers listed (Control study group)

Exclusion Criteria:

- In the Control Study Group, no infectious ocular disease was accepted



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Keratitis
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Opht2009
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
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