Identification of Pathogens in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pathogen Resistance

Treatments: Other: Laboratory identification of positive cultures

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03077100

HYMC-0001-17

Details and patient eligibility

About

To aim of this study is to identify the pathogens and their distribution in the NICU and to determine whether empirical antibiotics are suitable for the treatment of sepsis in the unit.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 3 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Newborns with positive cultures

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

2,000 participants in 1 patient group

Newborns with positive cultures

Description:

Positive cultures of newborns hospitalized in the NICU in the past 5 years will undergo laboratory examination and identification

Treatment:

Other: Laboratory identification of positive cultures