The Clinical Impact of Isolation of Two Different Bacteria in Urinary Cultures

Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urinary Tract Infection

Treatments: Other: reporting "mixed growth" on urine culture; Other: reporting of two different bacteria in urine culture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01060956

UTI1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether identification of two different bacteria in urine culture of patients with indwelling catheter has a clinical impact - change in antibiotic, duration of antibiotic, days to clinical resolution and length of stay in hospital.

The microbiology laboratory will randomized urine cultures with two bacteria from indwelling catheter to either reporting identity and susceptibility of the bacteria or reporting "mixed growth".

Enrollment: 81 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults hospitalized with indwelling urinary catheter in growth of two bacteria in urine culture

Exclusion criteria

• Positive blood cultures or no blood cultures taken

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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81 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Reporting on two bacteria in urine culture

Active Comparator group

Description:

The microbiology laboratory will report on the isolation and susceptibilities of two different bacteria in urine culture

Treatment:

Other: reporting of two different bacteria in urine culture

reporting "mixed growth"

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The microbiology laboratory will report on mixed growth in urine culture

Treatment:

Other: reporting "mixed growth" on urine culture