The correlation between culture of the nasopharyngeal swab, the nose swab, swab from a handkerchief and a handkerchief directly in children with an upper respiratory tract infection

The correlation between culture of the nasopharyngeal swab, the nose swab, swab from a handkerchief and a handkerchief directly in children with an upper respiratory tract infection - The Runny Nose study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON36370

Enrollment

Registered

2010-03-08

Start date

2010-04-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

common cold

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 11 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - age 0 - 4 years - a runny nose as a symptom of an upper respiratory tract infection

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - age 4 years and older - antimicrobial therapy in the last 2 weeks - earlier participation in this study - medical conditions preventing the child from attending a regular day care centre - craniofacial abnormalities and cleft palate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The concordance and disconcordance between the culture results of the different sampling methods.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The differences in the observational Visual Analogue Scale scores between the different sampling methods.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results