Pandemic shifts germ landscape: study reveals new patterns in respiratory infections
NCT ID NCT07601126
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 537 patients with respiratory infection symptoms to see how the types of viruses and bacteria changed from the COVID-19 pandemic period to after it. Researchers used a special PCR test to detect multiple germs at once. The goal was to understand how pandemic measures like masking and social distancing affected the spread of other respiratory infections.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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537 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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Who is studied
The study population consisted of patients presenting with respiratory infection symptoms who underwent multiplex respiratory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing at a tertiary care center during the pandemic and post-pandemic periods. Patients with complete demographic and laboratory data were included in the analysis.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults and/or pediatric patients presenting with respiratory infection symptoms * Patients who underwent multiplex respiratory PCR testing * Patients with complete demographic and laboratory records * Patients included during the defined pandemic or post-pandemic study periods Exclusion Criteria: * Incomplete laboratory or demographic data * Duplicate test records from the same infection episode * Invalid or inconclusive PCR results * Patients without respiratory infection symptoms
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hisar Intercontinental Hospital
Istanbul, 34768, Turkey (Türkiye)
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