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A Wide Database for a Multicenter Study on Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units

Authors

Gabriele Di Meco, Sara Mora, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Silvia Dettori, Ilias Karaiskos, Matteo Bassetti, Mauro Giacomini, ESGCIP (Critically III Patients Study Group of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)

Pages

557 - 558

DOI

10.3233/SHTI220521

Category

Research Article

Series

Ebook

Abstract

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is an opportunistic fungal infection that may affect patients with immunosuppression. In order to improve the diagnosis accuracy for PJP, facilitating the collection of data across Europe to reliably assess the performance of diagnostic tests for PJP is essential to improve the care of critically ill patients developing this severe condition. Such large data can be collected thanks to the contribution of several European hospitals in the compilation of a dedicated electronic Case Report Form (eCRF). The main focus of this work is to create an interface with high ergonomics both in the compilation and in the subsequent validation of the records.