Impact of infection with streptococcus pneumoniae on respiratory pathology in children

Streptococcus pneumoniae represents an important cause of morbidity in children, and is the originating point for majority of bacterial pneumonia, being often an agent that causes acute otitis average, purulent meningitis and sepsis. The study group included 131 patients, hospitalized in the 3rd Pediatric Clinic at the Emergency Hospital for Children "St. Mary". The distribution by groups of ages reveals a peak incidence of infections between 1 and 3 years old (25.95% of cases) and after which the incidence of pneumococcal infections progressively decreases. A significant number of pneumococcal strains used in this study are resistant to antibiotics. Due to the fact that pneumococcal infections are one of the most severe pathologies of bacterial etiology in children, a pneumococcal vaccination is recommended since the age of 2 months.