Skin Infections, Bacterial
Conditions
Keywords
Impetigo, secondarily-infected traumatic lesions, retapamulin
Brief summary
This is an open label, multi-centre, non-interventional post-marketing surveillance.
Detailed description
This is an open label, multi-centre, non-interventional post-marketing surveillance to monitor the safety of ALTARGO(retapamulin) treated in Korean patients according to the prescribing information. ALTARGO is a trademark of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies.
Interventions
Basically there is no treatment allocation. Subjects who would be administered of ALTARGO(retapamulin) at their physicians' discretion will be enrolled. Dosage regimen will be recommended according to the prescribing information. Subjects will be enrolled consecutively.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* All subjects must satisfy the following criteria at study entry: 1. Subjects administered with ALTARGO(retapamulin) in the topical treatment of the following bacterial skin and skin structure infections (SSSI) 2. Subjects who the investigator believes that they can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol and follow the administration regimen 3. Subjects administered with ALTARGO(retapamulin) following the locally approved prescribing information
Exclusion criteria
* Considering the nature of observational study, GSK Korea encourages the doctors participating in this study to enrol the subjects prescribed with retapamulin following the locally approved Prescribing Information. 1. Subjects with a known or suspected hypersensitivity to ALTARGO(retapamulin) or any component of the ointment 2. Infants under nine months of age
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The number of adverse event after ALTARGO(retapamulin) treatment | 14 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The number of unexpected adverse event after ALTARGO(retapamulin) treatment | 14 days |
| The number of serious adverse event after ALTARGO(retapamulin) treatment | 14 days |
| Effectiveness of ALTARGO(retapamulin) treatment | 7 days |
Countries
South Korea