International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages e708-e712 , August 2010

Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infection in children aged five years and under in Saudi Arabia: a five-year retrospective surveillance study

  • Ziad A. Memish

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, PO Box 22490 Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
    • College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States and WHO Collaborating Center for Infection Prevention & Control, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +966 1 2520088x43720; fax: +966 1 2520437.
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  • Aiman El-Saed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, PO Box 22490 Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
    • College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States and WHO Collaborating Center for Infection Prevention & Control, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Badriah Al-Otaibi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, PO Box 22490 Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
    • Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States and WHO Collaborating Center for Infection Prevention & Control, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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  • Mohamed Al Shaalan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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  • Suleiman Al Alola

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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  • Abdulhakeem O. Thaqafi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Received 24 May 2009 ,Revised 16 November 2009 ,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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PII: S1201-9712(10)02346-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2242

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages e708-e712 , August 2010

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