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 GBS and neonatal sepsis Laboratories report all sterile site cultures Basic information (age, site culture, diagnosis) collected on all cases Detailed chart review with consent Denominator data on births from birth registry and hospital records Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network
Neonatal Sepsis (excluding CNS & GBS) Metropolitan Toronto/Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada, Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network
Early onset neonatal GBS disease Metropolitan Toronto/Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada, Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network