About this trial

Prospective, multicenter, national, observational pharmacological study on the evaluation of efficacy of appropriate monotherapy vs combination treatment for non-complicated Enterococcus faecalis (EF) bloodstream infection (BSI) and identification of gut microbiota fingerprint of patients with EF-BSI correlated to antimicrobial treatment and clinical outcome

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Adult (≥18 years)

Monomicrobial EF-BSI

Receipt of ≥ 5 days of at least one in vitro active drug (ampicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanate, ampicillin/sulbactam, piperacillin, vancomycin, teicoplanin, daptomycin and linezolid) with or without a synergistic drug (ceftriaxone, gentamycin, streptomycin), at common suggested dosages for EF-BSI in empirical or definitive therapy

Written informed consent

Disqualifiers

Short term (within 3 days from BSI) mortality

Other concomitant infection

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

510 Participants
are grouped into 1 trial group

Locations

4
IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna40138, BolognaBologna, Italy
Ospedale Maggiore "Carlo Alberto Pizzardi" di Bologna40133, BolognaBologna, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Catanzaro "Mater Domini"88100, CatanzaroCatanzaro, Italy
Humanitas Research Hospital20089, MilanMilano, Italy

Sponsors and collaborators

IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

Lead sponsor