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

King Saud University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pneumococcal Infection

Treatments: Biological: serotypes and resistance

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00844467

king Saud university

Details and patient eligibility

About

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).

Full 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.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 months to 5 years old

Volunteers: No 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