Lebanese Interhospital Pneumococcal Surveillance Program
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Conditions studied: Pneumonia, Meningitis, Sepsis, Bacteremia
In brief
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 bacteria defined by the type of sugar coat that they have. These are classified as serotypes. There are common serotypes that cause severe disease and are preventable by vaccination of children. Other less common types are more difficult to prevent. The investigators aim to determine the serotypes that cause invasive pneumococcal disease in Lebanon and to study their sensitivity to different antibiotics. The investigators will collect bacterial isolates from different hospitals in Lebanon isolated from the blood or spinal fluid of patients with invasive pneumococcal disease. This information will help the investigators determine the usefulness of available pneumococcal vaccines in preventing these infections. The data will be distributed to all primary care physicians treating children in Lebanon and will be shared with the Ministry of Health.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00901602
- Run by
- American University of Beirut Medical Center
- People needed
- 700
- Starts
- 2005-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2030-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-02-03
Who can join
Age: 0 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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
You may not qualify if…
- non S. pneumoniae isolates
Where it is running
- American University of Beirut — Beirut, Lebanon (enrolling)
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