NCT00537888

Clinical Significance of Smear or Culture Positive for Candida Spp. From Sputum Three Times a Week

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Candidiasis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Capital Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The definition of pulmonary candidiasis is still unclear.In China, isolation of candida spp. form sputum twice or three times a week has been regarded as the microbiological evidence of pulmonary candidiasis. The investigators hypothesize that patients who present respiratory symptoms and lung infiltrates together with smear of culture positive for candida spp. from sputum three times a week can not be diagnosed as pulmonary candidiasis.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Candidiasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	fluconazole	Intravenous or oral 400 md/d

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2007-10-02
• Last updated: 2010-12-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China