Status:

COMPLETED

Neonatal Suspected Sepsis Treated With Cefazolin or Vancomycin

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Conditions:

Nosocomial Neonatal Sepsis

Eligibility:

All Genders

4-4 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of empiric treatment with cefazolin versus to vancomycin in newborn infants with presumptive clinical signs of hospital acquired bacterial sepsis probabl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Newborn infants older than three days of life with suspected bacterial sepsis and according to attending physicians, with an indication for initial treatment with vancomycin and at least one blood culture taken prior to receiving the antimicrobial treatment.

Exclusion

  • previous treatment with vancomycin during the week before,
  • infants referred from other hospitals and, upon admission, were being treated with antibiotics.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

109 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01867138

Start Date

March 1 2007

End Date

January 1 2011

Last Update

June 3 2013

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Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Capital, Argentina, 1181