Clinical trials: Exacerbation of COPD

Pneumonia, Community-acquired Pneumonia

A Sputum Screening Test to Rule-out Pneumonia at an Early Stage

• Completed
• Age: All ages
• Observational study

In patients with clinical symptoms of respiratory infection, rapid identification of cases requiring antibiotic therapy is crucial to avoid development of multiple resistant bacteria.

Conditions

Pneumonia, Community-acquired Pneumonia, Exacerbation Copd

Trial name

self-test (NCT03256604)

Testing

left-over sputum

Where

Sweden

Volunteers

467 people, healthy volunteers welcome

Sponsor

University Hospital, Linkoeping