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Pneumococcal cross infection in hospitalThe mortality associated with pneumococcal infection has been reduced with chemotherapy and modern supportive care, though pneumococcal bacteraemia in elderly patients still carries a poor prognosis.The ready availability of penicillin and other antibiotics that are effective against pneumococci may have distracted attention from cross infection among patients.'Sinigar H.The variability in virulence of the pneumococcus.
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