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Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network

The Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network (TIBDN) is a collaborative network of hospitals and microbiology laboratories serving the population of Metropolitan Toronto and Peel Region. To better understand the epidemiology of infection in Canada, TIBDN has been performing population-based surveillance for invasive diseases in the Metropolitan Toronto and Peel Region since 1995.

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
Neonatal Sepsis Early Onset Neonatal GBS disease

 

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