Surveillance of Fungal Infections During Construction Activity

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aspergillosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00473252

BE003

Details and patient eligibility

About

Fungal infections in immunocompromised patients occuring during construction activities in hospitals have repeatedly been reported.

However, the question of a causal relation between construction activities and infections has never been addressed systematically and prospectively.

To answer this question, we will monitor our immunosuppressed patients' health status, as well as fine dust and aspergillus spore contents in the air during a three year construction activity period in our hospital.

Enrollment: 340 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Kidney transplantation
• Chronic hemodialysis treatment

Trial design

340 participants in 2 patient groups

Hemodialysis patients

Renal transplant patients