Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network Collaborative network of all hospital and largest private microbiology laboratories in metropolitan Toronto/Peel Region (pop’n 3.1M) Conducts prospective, population-based surveillance for selected invasive bacterial diseases Invasive disease defined as that associated with positive culture from a normally sterile site Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network
Surveillance for Streptococcus pneumoniae Laboratories report all sterile site cultures and send bacterial isolates to study lab Basic information (age, site culture, diagnosis) collected on all cases Detailed chart review with consent (underlying disease, vaccine status) Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Metropolitan Toronto-Peel Region, 1995-1999 1996 1997 1998 1999 Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network