Status:
COMPLETED
Predictors of Oral Antibiotic Treatment Failure in Emergency Department Patients With Cellulitis
Lead Sponsor:
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Conditions:
Cellulitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Brief Summary
The term cellulitis is a medical term describing a bacterial infection of the skin and tissues beneath the skin. Although it is usually easily treated with antibiotics given either orally or through a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \>16 years
- Suitable for treatment with flucloxacillin 500mg -1gram qds monotherapy or a suitable alternative for penicillin allergic patients as listed in the local prescribing guidelines.
- Appearance of typical, plaque-like area of erythema over any body part excluding the perineum within the preceding 5 days with any 2 of the following signs:
- Increased warmth over affected area
- Swelling of affected area
- Pain over affected area
- Regional lymphadenopathy
Exclusion
- Requirement for IV antibiotics as decided by the treating clinician.
- Age less than 16 years.
- No telephone or access to a telephone.
- Abscess alone without co-existing signs of cellulitis
- Mammalian bite wounds.
- Infected diabetic foot ulcer
- Necrotising soft tissue infections.
- Perineal cellulitis.
- Suspected septic arthritis or osteomyelitis.
- Decubitus ulcers.
- Bilateral cellulitis (as this entity rarely exists).
- Acute lipodermatosclerosis.
- Acute dermatitis.
- Venous stasis dermatitis.
- Deep vein thrombosis.
- Pregnancy.
- Cognitive impairment.
- Any patient who through language barrier or diminished capacity is unable to understand the scope of the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2015
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 27 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
152 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02230813
Start Date
March 1 2015
End Date
September 27 2016
Last Update
January 26 2017
Active Locations (3)
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1
Connolly Hospital Banchardstown
Dublin, Ireland
2
Emergency Department Beaumont Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
3
Mater Misericoridiae University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland