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Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) or the pneumococcus.

Infection can be invasive and result in pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumococcal bacteremia (bacterial infection of the blood), or pneumococcal meningitis. Other common non invasive diseases are otitis media (middle-ear infection) and sinusitis.

Recent publications

Global action plan for prevention and contorl on Pneumonia (GAPP), 2009. [pdf 1.03 Mb]

Laboratory methods for diagnosis of meningitis caused by Nisseria meningitidis, streptococcus pneumoniae, and hemophilus infleunza, WHO manual, second edition, 2009.

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Pneumococcal disease

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Laboratory methods for diagnosis of meningitis caused by Nisseria meningitidis, streptococcus pneumoniae, and hemophilus infleunza, WHO manual, second edition, 2009.

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