Neutrophil Phenotypic Profiling and Surgical Site Infections in Surgical Patients

Description

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are one of the major hospital acquired infections and responsible for the most cost among the hospital acquired infections. The objective of this study is to assess the neutrophil functional profiles and their associations with SSIs.

Conditions

Surgical Site Infection

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are one of the major hospital acquired infections and responsible for the most cost among the hospital acquired infections. The objective of this study is to assess the neutrophil functional profiles and their associations with SSIs.

Neutrophil Phenotypic Profiling and Surgical Site Infections in Surgical Patients

Neutrophil Phenotypic Profiling and Surgical Site Infections in Surgical Patients

Condition
Surgical Site Infection
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Boston Children's Hopsital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * scheduled for an elective open gastrointestinal surgical procedure or spine fusion surgery
  • * On chronic immunosuppressive drugs such as chronic corticosteroid use
  • * preexisting immunodeficiency diseases

Ages Eligible for Study

12 Months to 19 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Boston Children's Hospital,

Koichi Yuki, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Boston Children's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2023-12-01