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.
Centro de Desarrollo de Proyectos Avanzados, Cordoba, Argentina.
Miguel
M
Tregnaghi
Ana
A
Ceballos
Ricardo
R
Rüttimann
Jose
J
Ussher
Pablo
P
Tregnaghi
Pascal
P
Peeters
William P
WP
Hausdorff
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