Pathogen Identification of Bacterial Pneumonia Via DNA Detection

Pneumonia is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis of pneumonia from the microbiology perspective has been challenging. Recent reports suggest the utility of nuclear acid detection for rapid and accurate diagnoses of these pathogens and their antibiotic-resistant spectrum. Extracted bacterial nucleic acid in sputum specimen will be identified by Nuclear acid detection assay kit with Microfluidic Pumping Chip and LAMP methods

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Key information

Conditions

Pneumonia Infections Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

Sputum specimens normally collected from the patients with pneumonia for routine microbiologic testing and extra specimens will be evaluated via nuclear acid assay developed in our laboratory. The assay will be directed at variety of both pathogens, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila, and common antibiotic-resistant genes, such as ESBLs genes, MecA, OprD. The ultimate goal is to have an available panel of highly accurate and rapid (same day) assay, which will be carried out in several hours for identification.

The extracted pathogen nucleic acid in sputum specimen will be identified by Nuclear acid detection assay with Microfluidic Pumping Chip and LAMP methods. The species of bacteria and their antibiotic-resistant gene to be detected are as listed above. As nucleic acid extracts will be archived, other pathogens can be investigated in the future if the correlated assay is developed. All results obtained by nuclear acid detection will be compared to results for conventional testing as listed above. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values will be calculated. In cases where discordant results occur, additional testing and or medical history review will be properly conducted.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Greater than 18 years of age.
Cough present greater than one day
History of fever
X-ray evidence of pneumonia.

Exclusion criteria

Pneumonia caused by TB, fungi and virus

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Peking University People's Hospital

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Registry information

Official study title

Identification of Bacterial Species and Their Antibiotic-Resistant Spectrum in Sputum Specimen From the Patients With Pneumonia Via Nuclear Acid Detection Assay

Important dates

Study start: 2007
Primary completion: 2009
Study completion: 2009
First posted: Dec 5, 2007
Registry last updated: Jun 24, 2010

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