title: [Current place of the Pneumococcus in infectious pathology].
abstract: This work regroups an important number of acute pneumococcal infections with septicemia, which recalls that these infections are of current importance, owing to their frequency and poor prognosis. Present diagnositc, clinical, radiological and bacteriological methods are discussed and criticised. An important, but not exclusive place, is reserved for routine blood culture. Finally, the authors discuss future prospects of acute pneumococcal infections, mainly diagnostic and prophylactic.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014611:Vaccination
vernacular_title: Place actuelle du penumocoque en pathologie infectieuse