Autoantibodies and Clinical Symptoms in Infective Endocarditis Patients

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Infective Endocarditis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00562653

sourasky medical centrs

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose is to evaluate autoantibodies in infective endocarditis patients before, at the beginning of treatment, and after the end of the treatment, and to correlate the autoantibodies in the presence of clinical symptoms.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infective endocarditis patients by DUKES criteria

Exclusion criteria

• HIV positive
• Patients suffering from other infective diseases other than endocarditis.
• Patient suffering from collagen diseases for example: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), mixed connective tissue disease, and scleroderma.

Trial design

100 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Description:

infective endocarditis patients before treatment

2

Description:

infective endocarditis treatment after treatment

3

Description:

control