Streptococci and pneumococci

The leadership presents the latest data on taxonomy, the nomenclature and classification of streptococci, their grouping on environmental criteria, pathogenicity, phylogenetic basis. The general principles of clinical and laboratory diagnostics are presented, and recent achievements in the field of treatment, supervision and prevention of pneumococcal infections are summarized. Modern ideas about the clinical and epidemiological features of invasive and non-invasive forms of pneumococcal infections are described in detail. The recommendations on the supervision of the formation of pneumococcal resistance to antibiotics are given.
Designed for pediatrician doctors, specialists of clinical diagnostic laboratories of hospitals, dispensaries, FBUs of hygiene centers and epidemiology, teachers and specialists involved in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of streptococcal and pneumococcal infections