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The burden of pneumococcal disease in children less than 5 years of age in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates by Mohammad Howidi; Haider Muhsin; Jaishen Rajah is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
## BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: __Streptococcus pneumoniae__ is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in both developing and industrialized countries, especially among young children and in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. It is implicated in both invasive (e.g. meningitis and septicemia) as well as noninvasive disease (community-acquired pneumonia and otitis media). The objective of the current study was to describe the overall epidemiology of both invasive and noninvasive pneumococcal disease in Abu Dhabi over a 5-year period. ## DESIGN AND SETTING: Retrospective review of all pediatric (≤ 5 year old) pneumococcal disease admissions to Shaikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) and Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi from 1 January 2001 till 31 December 2005.th ## METHODS: We retrieved computerized data from the health information management systems (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD9) diagnosis codes) as well as manual surveillance in the laboratory record of pneumococcal isolates. ## RESULTS: The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease was 13.6/100 000 per year (95% CI, 6.5-24.9) and the incidence of noninvasive pneumococcal disease was 172.
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- Author
- Mohammad Howidi; Haider Muhsin; Jaishen Rajah
- Publisher
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)