Participants
	Representative selection of clinical laboratories from across Canada
Principal Investigators
	Donald E. Low, M.D.   Mount Sinai Hospital,   University of Toronto   Toronto, Canada	Joyce de Azavedo, Ph.D.   Mount Sinai Hospital,   University of Toronto   Toronto, Canada
Co-investigators	Ontario
	Allison McGeer, M.D.   Mount Sinai Hospital   University of Toronto   Toronto, Canada	Andrew E. Simor, M.D.   Sunnybrook and Women's College   Health Sciences Centre,   University of Toronto   Toronto, Canada
	Lionel A. Mandell, M.D.   McMaster University   Hamilton, Canada	David Groves, Ph.D.   St. Joseph's Hospital   Hamilton, Canada
	Peter Jessamine, M.D.   Ottawa Civic Hospital   Ottawa, Canada	Baldwin Toye, M.D.   Ottawa General Hospital   Ottawa, Canada
	Michael John, M.D.   London Health Sc.   London, Canada
	British Columbia
	Pamela C. Kibsey, M.D.   Victoria General Hospital   Victoria, Canada	Donna Hinds, M.D.   The Richmond Hospital   Richmond, Canada
	Ronald P. Roy, M.D.   Vernon Jubilee Hospital   Vernon, Canada	Gurmeet Randhawa, M.D.   Kelowna General Hospital   Kelowna, Canada
	Alberta
	Jana Nigrin, M.D.   Dynacare Kasper Medical   Laboratories   Edmonton, Canada	Edith Blondel-Hill, M.D.   Dynacare Kasper Medical   Laboratories   Edmonton, Canada
	John Galbraith, M.D.   Dynacare Kasper Medical   Laboratories   Edmonton, Canada	Deidre L. Church, M.D.   Calgary Laboratory Services,   Calgary, Canada
	Robert Rennie, Ph.D.   University of Alberta Hospitals   Edmonton, Canada	Marguerite Lovgren, A.R.T.   National Centre for Streptococcus   Edmonton, Canada
	Saskatchewan
	Joseph M. Blondeau, Ph.D.   St. Paul's Hospital   Saskatoon, Canada
	Manitoba
	Daryl J. Hoban, Ph.D.   Health Sciences Centre   Winnipeg, Canada	George G. Zhanel, Pharm. D.   Health Sciences Centre
	Godfrey Harding, M.D.   St.Bonafice General Hospital   Winnipeg, Canada
	Quebec
	Michael Laverdiere, M.D.   Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont,   Montreal, Canada	Karl Weiss, M.D.   Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont   Montreal, Canada
	Phillipe Jutras, M.D.   Centre Hospitalier Regional   de Rimouski   Rimouski, Canada	Louise P. Jette, M.D.   Laboratoire du Sante Publique   de Quebec,   Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
	Marie Gourdeau, M.D.   Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jesus   Quebec City, Canada	Pierre L. Turgeon, M.D.   Hôpital Saint-Luc,   University of Montreal   Montreal, Canada
	Christine Gaudreau, M.D.   Hôpital Saint-Luc,   University of Montreal   Montreal, Canada	Gilles Murray, M.D.   Centre Hôpital Universitaire   de Quebec St.   Sacremont, Saint Foy, Canada
	Michelle G. Bergeron, M.D.   Centre de Recherche en   Infectiologie du Centre de Reserce   du CHUL, Universite Laval,   Quebec City, Canada
	New Brunswick
	Peter Leighton, Ph.D.   Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital   Fredericton, Canada	Magdalena Kuhn, M.D.   The Moncton Hospital   Moncton, Canada
	Louise Thibault, M.D.   Dr. Georges L. Dumont Hospital   Moncton, Canada
	Nova Scotia
	Ross J. Davidson, Ph.D.   Queen Elizabeth II Health   Sciences Centre   Halifax, Canada	Kevin Forward, M.D.   Queen Elizabeth II Health   Sciences Centre   Halifax, Canada
	Roland Lewis, Ph.D.   Cape Breton Regional Hospital   Sydney, Canada
	Prince Edward Island
	Lewis Abbott, M.D.   Queen Elizabeth Hospital   Charlottetown, Canada
	Newfoundland
	James M. Hutchinson, M.D.   Health Sciences Center    St. John's, Canada
Study Staff
	Agron Plevneshi, B.Sc.   Study Co-ordinator	Sylvia Pong-Porter,R.T.   Research Technologist
	Yana Rzayev   Research Technician	Karen Green RN,   Epidemiologist MSc.
Funding Source
	Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network