TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 280. Pneumococcal Infections A1 - Arnold, Sandra R. A1 - Chesney, P. Joan A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. Y1 - 2011 N1 - T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and group A Streptococcus pyogenes are the three 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.1 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7027550 ER -