Nasopharyngeal Streptococcus Pneumoniae Carriage

Pfizer

Status: Completed

Conditions: Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infections

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00471822

0887X-101849

B1841034

Details and patient eligibility

About

Primary Objective: Evaluation of the

• Carriage rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharynx of children

Secondary Objective:

• Carriage rate and distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes
• Estimation of prevalence rate of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains
• Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus strain
• The influence of risk factors in the Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage rate in children

Enrollment: 9,707 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 months to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Children aged between 2 months and 5 years attending pediatric clinics in hospitals, day care centers or kindergartens.
2. Informed consent obtained from parents or legal guardian.

Exclusion criteria

1. Children younger than 2 months of age.
2. Children with following serious diseases: immunological disease, neoplastic disease, renal, cardiac or hematological disease, bronchodysplasia, Down's syndrome.