title: [Surveillance of invasive diseases].
abstract: Severe clinical conditions are due to invasive diseases that are not routinely reported in a routine surveillance system, in Italy. Nevertheless we can estimate the incidence of invasive diseases considering the surveillance system of bacterial meningitis, the Hospital Discharge Registry and the laboratory-based surveillance, this is useful to outline the trend of S. pneumoniae infections. We report the results of some Italian studies on the pneumococcal infections together with some international studies.
authors.affiliation: Agenzia di Sanità Pubblica, Regione Lazio, U.O. Malattie Infettive e Vaccinazioni. pompa@asplazio.it
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pompa
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D022541:Streptococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D022541:Streptococcal Vaccines