NCT00844467

A Retrospective Epidemiological Study on Pneumococcal Infection in Children in Ministry of Health Hospital at EHSA Region in the Eastern Province

Serotyping of Pneumococci

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: King Saud University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Months – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to establish retrospectively the incidence rates of invasive pneumococcal disease in children aged less than 5 years. The investigators allocate the El Hasa region for the study because it has higher incidence of sickle cell anemia. The study will include data from 2003 to 2007(before introduction of the vaccine) and then for 2008 and 2009 (after introduction of the vaccine).

Detailed description

Data will be collected from patents files or records for 5 years before the introduction of the vaccine and for 2 years after the introduction of the vaccine. We assigned 4 doctors in each hospital to carry and supervise the work.

Conditions

• Pneumococcal Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BIOLOGICAL	serotypes and resistance	screening patients with invasive pneumococci

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-10-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2009-02-16
• Last updated: 2009-02-16