Invasive Pneumococcal Infection in Baltimore, Md
Open Access
- 10 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 160 (1) , 89-94
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.160.1.89
Abstract
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE is a leading cause of infectious morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the United States, the pneumococcus is responsible for an estimated 50 000 cases of bacteremia, 3000 cases of meningitis, 7 million cases of otitis media, and several hundred thousand cases of pneumonia each year.1-4 The overall yearly incidence of pneumococcal bacteremia is estimated to be 15 to 35 cases per 100 000 population.5-8This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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