NCCLS Interpretive Criteria for Salmonella

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Completed

Conditions: Salmonella Infection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00177658

IRB # 0602124 (Old #0303110)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the clinical significance of gene mutations encoding antibiotic resistance, but not expressed as clinical resistance, in Salmonella bacteria

Full description

Observational study. Physicians in foreign countries caring for patients with Salmonella meningitis or bloodstream infections will collect data on the patients they care for and send this data and an isolate of the organism causing the infection to the University of Pittsburgh.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• salmonella positive isolate