TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pneumococcal Infections A1 - Arnold, Sandra R. A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and group A Streptococcus pyogenes are the 3 most important bacterial pathogens causing infections in otherwise well children. In 2005, it was estimated that S pneumoniae caused 700,000 to 1 million deaths in children younger than 5 years of age. Most of these children lived in developing countries. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182936474 ER -