A comprehensive review study on pneumococcal pneumonia and its association with global mortality and morbidity

Abstract

2,500 years ago, stated by Hippocrates [460BC–370BC]1 “When pneumonia is at its height, the case is beyond remedy if he is not purged.” In Pre-antibiotic era “Pneumonia has become captain of the men of death.” Stated by Dr. William Osler, the founder of modern medicine In 1928: The Greatest Discovery in the Medical Field took place by the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming and the subsequent widespread use of antibiotics, penicillin revolutionized the treatment of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia, which previously had been limited to watchful waiting. Today availability of vaccination reduced the frequency of pneumonia. Many diagnostic methods and procedures are used. Despite all the advances, pneumonia remains a huge issue. Even after the introduction of fist-generation antibiotics, the mortality rate for pneumonia has not changed noticeably in the last 50 years.1