Multicenter Prospective Evaluation of the Incidence and Serotyes of Invasive Pneumoccocal Disease (IPD) Among Children Below 5 Years (Pneumococci)

King Saud University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pneumococcal Disease

Treatments: Biological: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine(prevenar)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00843895

kingsadu

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to identify the S. pneumoniae serotypes strains and to determine antibiotic susceptibility.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 weeks to 5 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age less than 5 years

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind