Epidemiologic Study Evaluating Infections in Elderly Patients

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Overview

The purpose of this observational study is to assess the prevalence and demographic and clinical characteristics of infections in elderly people admitted to Internal Medicine wards in Spain, as well as the etiology and resistance pattern for the main causal agents, and outcome.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

240

Conditions

Infection

Interventions

Clinical record reviewOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria: * Patients \> 65 years of age that are hospitalized in an Internal Medicine ward and have an active infection (skin and soft tissue, intra-abdominal, or respiratory infections) from the community that needs antibiotic treatment * Patients must have at least one sample processed for microbiological diagnosis Exclusion criteria: * COPD exacerbation * Urinary tract infections * Hospital acquired infections * Other infections not in inclusion criteria

Locations (1)

Unnamed facility

Mataró, Barcelona, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Prevalence of each kind of infection will be measured from a descriptive point of view, using relative and absolute frequencies.

Time frame: 5 months

Secondary Outcomes

Study the etiology and resistance pattern for the main causal agents.

Time frame: 5 months

Describe the demographic features, co-morbidities, concomitant treatment and outcome of patients.

Time frame: 5 months

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