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Complications of Pneumococcal infections
Pneumococcal infections can lead to a number of other conditions such as:
- meningitis,
- pneumonia, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and broncho-pneumonia,
- bronchitis,
- ear infections, otitis media,
- sinusitis,
- peritonitis,
- febrile bacteremia,
- wound and tissue infection (sepsis),
- rarely, heart, joints, abdomen infections, and
- blood poisoning (septicaemia).









