. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2013 Jul;163(1 Suppl):S25–S31. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.027

Table IV.

Probable and confirmed cases ≤5 years old reported by calendar year, Pakistan,^* 2005–2010^†

Calendar year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Case definition
Probable	684	1828	1070	319	904	495
Confirmed by culture only^‡	29	56	39	16	122	50
S pneumoniae (% of confirmed)	19 (65.5%)	23 (41.1%)	12 (30.8%)	1 (6.3%)	20 (16.4)	19 (38.0)
H influenzae (% of confirmed)	2 (6.9%)	10 (17.9%)	7 (17.9%)	0 (0%)	3 (2.5%)	2 (4.0%)
N meningitidis (% of confirmed)	2 (6.9%)	2 (3.6%)	2 (5.1%)	1 (6.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0%)

Participating sentinel hospitals: King Edward University, National Institute of Children Health.

^†

Hib conjugate vaccine was introduced in October 2008–January 2009. Anecdotally, efforts to improve meningitis surveillance were increased in 2009.

^‡

Includes confirmed cases that did not meet probable case definition. Total confirmed includes other bacteria and nonspecified bacteria.