Status:
RECRUITING
Lebanese Interhospital Pneumococcal Surveillance Program
Lead Sponsor:
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
PneumoADIP
Pfizer
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Meningitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
1+ years
Brief Summary
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a bacterium that causes severe infections in children and adults such as meningitis, pneumonia, and blood stream infection. There are many types of these bac...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Samples included in the study are those that are:
- culture proven
- invasive pneumococcal infections
- in patients of all ages admitted to different hospitals all over Lebanon
- Acceptable samples include:
- positive isolates from blood
- cerebrospinal fluid
- other normally sterile body sites such as empyema fluid, abscesses, joint fluid, middle ear fluid obtained by tympanocentesis in the operating room, and lung needle aspiration
Exclusion
- non S. pneumoniae isolates
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2030
Estimated Enrollment :
700 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00901602
Start Date
October 1 2005
End Date
October 1 2030
Last Update
February 3 2023
Active Locations (1)
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American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon, 113-6044