Pneumococcal Infections: Symptoms & Treatment

Brief overview Description: Pneumococci are bacteria from the streptococcus family and common pathogens of various diseases. Pneumococcal diseases: e.g. middle ear infection, sinusitis, pneumonia, blood poisoning (sepsis), meningitis Symptoms: Depending on the illness, e.g. fever and earache in middle ear infection, headache and runny nose in sinusitis, fever, chills and cough with sputum in pneumonia … Pneumococcal Infections: Symptoms & Treatment