Staphylococcus Aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Staphylococcus Aureus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01385514

1042-2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate strategies to prevent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in soldiers during infantry training.

This study will be conducted on three different bases among groups of male recruits to IDF training base. They will provide nasal swabs to detect Staphylococcus aureus carriage in two time points: 1. before mixing and training in confined settings, reflecting carriage acquired before entering 2. After 14-30 days. All soldiers will be under surveillance for skin infection until the end of the training program.

Enrollment: 1,050 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• new recruit for a combat training unit

Trial design

1,050 participants in 3 patient groups

company A-Training Base No.1

company A-Training Base No.2

company A-Training Base No.3