Challenges in the Management of Pneumococcal Disease in Older Adults.

P disease in adults (invasive disease, and those with pneumococcal pneumonia) i s assoc ia ted with s igni f icant morbidity and mortality. Of these, pneumococcal pneumonia remains one of the most common cause of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Although antibiotic therapy is the treatment of choice for pneumococcal disease, resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics is emerging, which necessitates the use of alternative modalities, prevention being one of them as this disease can be vaccinepreventable.