RT Book, Section
A1 Arnold, Sandra R.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182936474
T1 Pneumococcal Infections
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182936474
RD 2024/04/19
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.