Invasive Meningococcal Vaccination for Canadian Children and Youth - CPS Podcast
PedsCases: Pediatric Education Online · Pedscases
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Show Notes
This podcast was produced by PedsCases and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), and aims to summarize the 2017 CPS Practice Point: Update on invasive meningococcal vaccination for Canadian children and youth. In this episode, listeners will learn the clinical presentation and epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis in Canada, the current vaccination schedule and guidelines for vaccination, and how to identify children and adolescents who may need extra vaccinations. This podcast was developed by Dr. Sarah Johnson, a first-year paediatrics resident at the Stollery Children's Hospital at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Joan Robinson, a paediatric infectious diseases specialist and associate professor at the University of Alberta.