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NCT Number: NCT03910764

Surveillance Study of Candiduria in Hospitalized Patients

The purpose of the study is to explore the epidemiology, underlying diseases, indwelling catheter duration, laboratory data, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of patients with Candiduria.

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Key information

Conditions

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Taichung, 40705, Taiwan

About this study

The study is a retrospective study. Investigators will review medical records of patients with Candiduria from January 2015 to December 2017 to collect data about personal data, underlying diseases, indwelling catheter duration, laboratory data of urine routines and urine cultures, the symptom of fever, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. After the data collection, investigators will run a descriptive statistics to find out the profile of the medical care of Candiduria in Taiwan.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • patients with Candiduria

Exclusion criteria

  • patients without Candiduria

Treatment and study plan

No intervention

Other

Investigators review patients' medical records and collect personal data, underlying diseases, indwelling catheter duration, laboratory data, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

Primary outcomes

  1. prevalence rate of Candiduria

    Time frame: January 2015 to December 2017

    the number of patients with Candiduria/ the number of all hospitalized patients

  2. morbidity rate of underlying diseases

    Time frame: January 2015 to December 2017

    the proportion of patients with every specific underlying disease

  3. indwelling catheter rate

    Time frame: January 2015 to December 2017

    the proportion of patients with indwelling catheter

  4. pyuria rate

    Time frame: January 2015 to December 2017

    the proportion of patients with pyuria

  5. Candiduria rate

    Time frame: January 2015 to December 2017

    the proportion of patients with Candiduria

  6. treatment rate

    Time frame: January 2015 to December 2017

    the proportion of patients with Candiduria treated with antifungal agents

  7. mortality rate

    Time frame: January 2015 to December 2017

    • the number of patients who die / the number of all hospitalized patients
    • the number of patients who die from Candiduria/ the number of all hospitalized patients
  8. average indwelling catheter duration

    Time frame: January 2015 to December 2017

    The sum of indwelling catheter durations / the number of all hospitalized patients with Candiduria

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Retrospective Surveillance Study of Candiduria in Hospitalized Patients

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Apr 10, 2019
Registry last updated
Oct 8, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.