Staphylococcus Aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Evaluating Strategies to Prevent Staphylococcus Aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Soldiers During Infantry Training

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01385514

Enrollment

1050

Registered

2011-06-30

Start date

2011-07-31

Completion date

2013-12-31

Last updated

2012-03-23

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Conditions

Staphylococcus Aureus

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate strategies to prevent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in soldiers during infantry training. This study will be conducted on three different bases among groups of male recruits to IDF training base. They will provide nasal swabs to detect Staphylococcus aureus carriage in two time points: 1. before mixing and training in confined settings, reflecting carriage acquired before entering 2. After 14-30 days. All soldiers will be under surveillance for skin infection until the end of the training program.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* new recruit for a combat training unit

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactMichael Hartal, MD

Mhuerta2@gmail.com+972-3-7374137

Outcome results