1. 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

2. 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

3. Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Metropolitan Toronto-Peel Region, 1995-1999
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Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network