Clinical Trial: Efficacy of Intestinal Decontamination in Patients Colonized by Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae and Colistin

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

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Brief Summary: The identification of all cases (44 patients) was carried out from the database of microbiology, University Hospital Reina Sofía and the University Hospital of Jerez. For the identification of controls, in case of neutropenic patients, all colonized patients that were included during the study period did not receive any decolonitation treatment; in case of non-neutropenic patients it was studied a paired control by the presence of risk factors that indicated the beginning of decolonitation treatment.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba

Current Primary Outcome: Mortality for any cause during a six-months period after oral therapy gut decontamination. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba

Dates:
Date Received: November 10, 2015
Date Started: July 2012
Date Completion: November 2015
Last Updated: November 12, 2015
Last Verified: November 2015