Clinical syndrome | Incidence*[1] |
Bacteremic pneumonia (with or without empyema) | 116 |
Bacteremia of unknown source | 7 |
Meningitis | 5 |
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | 5 |
Septic arthritis | 2 |
Endocarditis | 2 |
Spinal epidural abscess | 1 |
Osteomyelitis | 1 |
Dental abscess | 1 |
IPD: invasive pneumococcal disease.
* Areas of involvement in 136 patients with IPD at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the United States from 2000 to 2009. Number of sites involved exceeds the number of patients because several patients had more than one site involved.Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?