2011
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102011005000028
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Hospitalization rates for pneumococcal disease in Brazil, 2004 - 2006

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To estimate hospitalization rates for pneumococcal disease based on the Brazilian Hospital Information System (SIH).

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“…Between 6% and 16% of CAP cases require hospitalization, and in children under age five, the disease, particularly of bacterial etiology, accounts for 20-40% of admissions only in the Americas 4. In Brazil, between 2004 and 2006, pneumococcal diseases were responsible for about 34,000 hospitalizations.…”
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“…Between 6% and 16% of CAP cases require hospitalization, and in children under age five, the disease, particularly of bacterial etiology, accounts for 20-40% of admissions only in the Americas 4. In Brazil, between 2004 and 2006, pneumococcal diseases were responsible for about 34,000 hospitalizations.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…This is equivalent to an annual incidence of about 150 million cases; 11-20% of these cases require hospitalization 4. In Brazil, according to the Hospital Information System (SIH-SUS), from January 2005 to March 2006, CAP accounted for about 20% of the hospitalizations of children under age five 5…”
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“…In Brazil, the largest country in South America, the role of S. pneumoniae in pneumonia in children is considerable ( 4 , 5 ). …”
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“…In Brazil, between 2004 and 2006, pneumococcal disease was responsible for 34,217 hospitalizations in the Brazilian Unified Health System (0.1% of the total number of hospitalizations), and pneumonia represented 64.8% of this total. Pneumococci also caused 31.3% of all confirmed cases of bacterial meningitis [ 3 ].…”
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confidence: 99%