Epidemiology, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in British Columbia - A Call to Strengthen Public Health Pneumococcal Immunization Programs

Epidemiology, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in British Columbia - A Call to Strengthen Public Health Pneumococcal Immunization Programs

BACKGROUND: This study examined the epidemiology, antibiotic susceptibility and serotype distribution of Streptococcuspneumoniae associated with invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in British Columbia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mark Bigham, David M Patrick, Elizabeth Bryce, Sylvie Champagne, Carol Shaw, Wrency Wu, Helen Ng, Diane Roscoe, Jacques Roy, Judy Isaac-Renton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2003-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/924325
Description
Summary:BACKGROUND: This study examined the epidemiology, antibiotic susceptibility and serotype distribution of Streptococcuspneumoniae associated with invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in British Columbia.
ISSN:1180-2332

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