Pan India distribution of pneumococcal serotypes (PIDOPS) causing invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in children between 6 weeks and 5 years and their antimicrobial resistance – Phase I

Analysis of the published pneumococcal surveillance reports reveals variability and lack of long-term studies from India. The variability relates to case definition, characterization, surveillance, and laboratory methods. In the backdrop of scarcity of data, a multisite surveillance network study, PIDOPS Phase I, was launched in the year 2013 at 7 institutional and 51 sentinel sites.