Streptococcal pneumonia

Streptococcal pneumonia, commonly referred to as pneumococcal pneumonia, is an acute lower respiratory tract infection caused by the Gram-positive bacterium *Streptococcus pneumoniae* It primarily affects the pulmonary parenchyma, leading to alveolar inflammation, vascular congestion, and purulent exudative consolidation Although it can occur in individuals of any age, it disproportionately causes severe disease in young children, adults aged 65 and older, and immunocompromised patients Defining...

It primarily affects the pulmonary parenchyma, leading to alveolar inflammation, vascular congestion, and purulent exudative consolidation Defining clinical features typically include an abrupt onset of high fever, rigors, productive cough with purulent or rust-colored sputum, dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, and characteristic lobar or segmental consolidation on thoracic imaging