A Global Active Surveillance for Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Procedure: Blood draw
  
  culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae Frequency-1
  Other Name: Blood stick
• Procedure: Chest X-ray
  
  image of the lungs to assess changes consistent with pneumonia Frequency-1
  Other Name: Picture of lungs
• Procedure: urine specimen
  
  assay for the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Binax and UAD
  Other Name: urine dipstick test
• Procedure: Nasopharyngeal swab
  
  culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae Frequency-1
  Other Name: swab from inside the nose and throat
• Procedure: sputum
  
  culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae Frequency-1
  Other Name: collection secretions produced during cough

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult subjects 50 years of age or older
• Subject must reside in the surveillance area
• Subjects who present to a study healthcare facility where the treating physician clinically suspects CAP

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any subject who is transferred to a study healthcare facility after already being hospitalized for 48 hours or more at any other in-patient facility (such as a community hospital).
• Hospital Acquired pneumonia (ie, develops signs and symptoms of pneumonia after being hospitalized for 48 hours or more).