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Pathogens
Antimicrobials
Encapsulated lancet-shaped gram positive diplococci
Normal flora and important cause of invasive disease, often vaccine preventable
Nasopharyngeal colonization in children is 20-40%
Community-acquired pneumonia
Bacteremia
Meningitis
Most common bacterial pathogen of:
Otitis Media
Sinusitis
CAP
Others:
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Conjunctivitis
Brain abscess