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

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00844467

Acronym

IPD in saudi

Enrollment

300

Registered

2009-02-16

Start date

2009-02-28

Completion date

2009-12-31

Last updated

2009-02-16

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Conditions

Pneumococcal Infection

Keywords

Risk factors, Case fatality, disease burden, Resistance, Benefits of pneumococcal vaccination

Brief 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.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALserotypes and resistance

screening patients with invasive pneumococci

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

3 Months to 5 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Invasive pneumococcal disease * Children under 5 years * Children lived in Elhasa region

Exclusion criteria

* Children above 5 years * No invasive pneumococcal disease

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026