Active epidemiologic surveillance of pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease in ambulatory and hospitalized infants in Cordoba, Argentina.
Active surveillance of ambulatory and hospitalized children 2-23 months old in Cordoba, Argentina for invasive pneumococcal disease and radiographically confirmed "obvious" pneumonia revealed annual incidences of 206.8 and 2422 cases, respectively, per 100,000 children. The invasive pneumococcal disease incidence was substantially higher than those previously reported from Latin America and Europe.
Tregnaghi
Miguel
M
Centro de Desarrollo de Proyectos Avanzados, Cordoba, Argentina.
Ceballos
Ana
A
Rüttimann
Ricardo
R
Ussher
Jose
J
Tregnaghi
Pablo
P
Peeters
Pascal
P
Hausdorff
William P
WP
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae