General susceptibility
Antibiogram Data
First Line Treatment
Non-meningitis:
Meningitis:
Alternate Treatment
Penicillins
Vancomyin
Levofloxacin
Pathogen information
Encapsulated, lancet-shaped, gram-positive diplococci
Epidemiology
Normal flora and important cause of invasive disease
Often vaccine preventable
Associated syndromes
Rarely: