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World Pneumonia Day: Facts and figures about the disease
Updated On: 12 November, 2015 08:05 AM IST | | A correspondent
<p>On the occasion of World Pneumonia Day, we present some facts, figures and trivia about the debilitating disease along with preventive measures...</p>
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Pneumonia
On the occasion of World Pneumonia Day, we present some facts, figures and trivia about the debilitating disease along with preventive measures...
>> The bacterium responsible for the disease – the pneumococcus – has more than 90 strains or serotypes and can cause life-threatening infections like pneumonia, meningitis or sepsis ( serious blood infection ).
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