Rapid Infection Identification in Emergency Department Patients
This study is looking at new ways to quickly identify germs (like bacteria or fungi) and how resistant they are to antibiotics in patients who come to the emergency room with suspected infections. Researchers are testing special devices, like In-Dx, and other rapid techniques they've developed. They will compare the results from these rapid tests to standard lab cultures to see how accurate and fast they are. You might be able to join if you are an adult (18 or older) with signs of a serious body-wide infection (SIRS, or Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), and have blood or other body fluid samples collected for infection testing. The goal is to see if these rapid tests can quickly and accurately identify infections, which could help doctors treat patients more effectively.
- Study design
- This is an observational study aiming to include 2500 adult participants. It compares rapid diagnostic techniques to standard lab cultures.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your microbial identification results will be correlated with culture results for up to one year per specimen.
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Clinical Microbial Species & Antibiotic Resistance ID in ED Patients Presenting With Infection - is Rapid ID Possible & Accurate?
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Mary J Hughes, DO · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Michigan State University
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Correlation of microbial identification with culture results from clinical laboratoryup to one year per specimen
Frozen microbial specimens will be transported to an off site laboratory for analysis with the GeneZ or other point of care or rapid diagnostic technique or device, with investigators blinded to the final culture results of the specimen - positive or negative. Comparison will be made between final culture result and GeneZ identification of organism or other method as developed in the investigators' lab.