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• Invasive pneumococcal disease is pneumococcal disease isolated from a sterile site (CSF, pleural cavity, blood, etc).
• Asymptomatic carriage is necessary prior to developing IPD and carriage rates vary by population studied.
• 25% of people with pneumococcal pneumonia will become bacteremic at some point during the disease course. This may run the spectrum from transient bacteremia to fulminant disease and hemodynamic collapse from sepsis.
• Treatment of IPD depends upon the site of infection and it is extremely important to use appropriate antibiotic regimen (and in the case of adult pneumococcal meningitis – dexamethasone) for your patient.
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