Basic Summary for Pneumococcus

Main name of condition: Pneumococcus
Other names or spellings: Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae disease, Pneumococcal infections

What is Pneumococcus?
  Brief description of Pneumococcus: Bacteria causing ear infections, pneumococcal pneumonia, and pneumococcal meningitis.
  Parent types of Pneumococcus: Streptococcal infection
  Types of Pneumococcus: Pneumococcal pneumonia, Pneumococcal meningitis

How many people get Pneumococcus?
Prevalance of Pneumococcus: Streptococcus pneumoniae -- 21.9 cases per 100,000; estimated 60,000 cases and 6,700 deaths annually in the United States¹ ... Each year, S. pneumoniae infections cause 100,000-135,000 hospitalizations for pneumonia, 6 million cases of otitis media, and over 60,000 cases of invasive disease, including 3300 cases of meningitis. Incidence of sterile-site infections shows geographic variation from 21 to 33 cases per 100,000 population. ²

How serious is Pneumococcus?
Complications of Pneumococcus: see complications of Pneumococcus

What causes Pneumococcus?
  Class of Condition for Pneumococcus: bacterial
  Causes of Pneumococcus: see causes of Pneumococcus
  Risk factors for Pneumococcus: see risk factors for Pneumococcus

What are the symptoms of Pneumococcus?
Symptoms of Pneumococcus: see symptoms of Pneumococcus

Can anyone else get Pneumococcus?
More information: see contagiousness of Pneumococcus

How is it treated?
Treatments for Pneumococcus: see treatments for Pneumococcus
Prevention of Pneumococcus: see prevention of Pneumococcus

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Active Bacterial Core Surveillance: DBMD
2. excerpt from Streptococcus pneumoniae Disease: DBMD

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