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NCT Number: NCT01167647

The Role of Routine Bacterial Culture Including Tuberculosis During Bronchoscopy: A Prospective Study

Many centers routinely culture bronchoscopy samples for bacteria and mycobacteria even when infections including tuberculosis (TB) are not strongly suspected. However, the value of this practice has been poorly defined.

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Key information

Conditions

Tuberculosis Actinomycetales Infections Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Infections Mycobacterium Infections

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Pulmonary department, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel

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About this study

Many centers routinely culture bronchoscopy samples for bacteria and mycobacteria even when infections including tuberculosis (TB) are not strongly suspected. However, the value of this practice has been poorly defined. Unnecessary bronchial cultures of bacteria may lead to over treatment in patients without clinical evidence of infections and may increase the drug resistant strains.

In areas with a high prevalence of TB, routine bronchial cultures may detect clinically unsuspected TB in an appreciable proportion of cases. However, in population with a low prevalence of TB, routine culture of bronchial aspirates may incur an unnecessary expanse and may lead to over diagnosis and over treatment of patients with non pathogenic atypical mycobacteria detected by acid-fast bacillus strains.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • patients who will undergo a bronchoscopy examination at pulmonary department in Meir Medical Center
  • patients who will sign on informed consent. -

Exclusion criteria

  • 1)age under 18 years

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. number of positive tuberculosis culture

    Time frame: 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Meir Medical Center

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Registry information

Official study title

The Role of Routine Bacterial Culture Including Tuberculosis During

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Jul 22, 2010
Registry last updated
Mar 6, 2013

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