According to WHO, the disease worldwide is estimated IPD (Inasive Pneumococcal Disease) caused by pneumococcal bacteria cause one million deaths in infants and young children.
Invasive pneumococcal infections can lead to a minor child and hearing loss, brain damage and paralysis and mental retardation. Infectious diseases in the diagnosis of pneumonia is not easy, because early symptoms are similar to flu.
They are threatened by this disease are children who attend preschool / kindergarten and day centers for children under the age of 5 years, who smoke environment, children with a weakened immune system, patients with chronic diseases, diabetes, heart, lung, kidney and blood diseases.
