Staphylococcus Aureus Carrier Status in Breastfeeding Mothers and Infants and the Risk of Lactation Mastitis
Completed
Conditions studied: Mastitis, Staphylococcus Aureus, Staphylococcal Infections
In brief
Lactation (breastfeeding) mastitis is an acute infection of the milk ducts of the breastfeeding woman. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the infectious germ most commonly associated with lactation mastitis. Twenty percent of the general population are carriers of Staphylococcus aureus, which means that they carry the infectious germ but do not become ill from it. It has been suggested that mothers who are carriers of S. aureus in their nostril may be at an increased risk of developing lactational mastitis, however; this has not been clinical proven. We are studying the relationship between S. aureus carrier status of breastfeeding mothers and infants and the risk of developing lactational mastitis. Additionally, we are collecting questionnaire data in an attempt to better define factors predisposing women to lactation mastitis.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00620984
- Run by
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- People needed
- 557
- Starts
- 2006-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-06-02
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Mother must plan to breastfeed exclusively for at least two months
- Mother must be 18 years or older.
- Mother must speak English and capable of giving informed consent
- Must be the delivery of a term (37 weeks or more), singleton live infant.
- Mother must be within post-partum day zero to three-status post delivery
- Both mother and infant generally healthy without disease known to cause significant immune dysfunction or known to be associated with abnormally high carriage rates of S. aureus such as HIV-positive status or AIDS, Type I Diabetes Mellitus, ongoing need for hemodialysis or chronic steroid use, or receiving either chemotherapy/radiation treatment for malignancy?
- Must have the ability to communicate via phone for follow up assessments.
You may not qualify if…
- Does not have the ability to drop off the second set of cultures.
Where it is running
- SUNY Upstate Medical University — Syracuse, New York, United States
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