Epidemiologic Study Evaluating Infections in Elderly Patients

Wyeth

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infection

Treatments: Other: Clinical record review

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00900952

3074X1-4489

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this observational study is to assess the prevalence and demographic and clinical characteristics of infections in elderly people admitted to Internal Medicine wards in Spain, as well as the etiology and resistance pattern for the main causal agents, and outcome.

Enrollment: 240 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients > 65 years of age that are hospitalized in an Internal Medicine ward and have an active infection (skin and soft tissue, intra-abdominal, or respiratory infections) from the community that needs antibiotic treatment
• Patients must have at least one sample processed for microbiological diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• COPD exacerbation
• Urinary tract infections
• Hospital acquired infections
• Other infections not in inclusion criteria

Trial design

240 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

Infected elderly patients

Treatment:

Other: Clinical record review