Pneumococcal pneumonia: animal models to national surveillance

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Chairs: J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), G.B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
Aims: The aims of this session are to review: the latest insights from animal and cell models into the pathogenic mechanisms underlying pneumococcal infection; the effect of reducing indoor air pollution on the vulnerability to pneumonia in children - and the intervention studies that are about to start in the developing world; and the latest data from the UK national surveillance programme, the lessons to be learnt for clinicians and the relevance to in vitro studies.

Indoor air pollution and vulnerability to bacterial pneumonia in young children: lessons from the developing world N. Bruce (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Lessons from the UK paediatric empyema surveillance study D. Spencer (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)