Despite good access to effective antibiotics,  Streptococcus pneumoniae  (pneumococci) is still a major cause of disease and death in both developing and developed countries.
Kljub veliki dostopnosti učinkovitih antibiotikov so  Streptococcus pneumoniae  (pnevmokoki) še vedno glavni vzrok bolezni in smrti tako v državah v razvoju kot v razvitih državah.