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Veterans BioMedical Research Institute |
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Information provided by: | Veterans BioMedical Research Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00766259 |
Inpatients will be prospectively have nares screened and MRSA strains collected. All clinical MRSA strains of patients will also be prospectively collected. A sensitive strain discrimination test of spa typing will be used to determine if the strains are related. Hypotheses are
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MRSA Infection |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Case Control, Prospective |
Official Title: | Relationship of Staphylococcal Colonization to Infection |
only bacterial strains collected
Estimated Enrollment: | 4400 |
Study Start Date: | July 2009 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | June 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Hemodialysis
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Intensive care
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vascular patients with open wounds
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nursing home
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skin infections
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control- ambulatory care clinic patients with no infections
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Patients of special interest:
All strains will be saved and spa typed. Analysis of the data will be performed to answer the questions and hypotheses and to answer is the screening effort and the isolation of patients for MRSA as is in current practice worthwhile and is there any scientific data to support this practice
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
all patients admited
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Responsible Party: | Veterans BioMedical Research Institute ( Kristen Bourgerie Executive Director ) |
Study ID Numbers: | Eng-MRSA |
Study First Received: | October 2, 2008 |
Last Updated: | October 2, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00766259 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus colonization |
Methicillin |
Communicable Diseases Infection |