ANTIBIOGRAM PATTERN OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA AMONG SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUAL ATTENDING YUSUF DANTSOHO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, 44 ARMY REFERENCE HOSPITAL AND SHALLOM HOSPITAL CHAPTER ONE 1.0   Introduction Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) remains a common pathogen and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Canada, population based surveillance studies for invasive pneumococcal disease revealed an overall incidence between 11.8 - 16.1 cases per 100,000 people between 1991 - 1993 (Mastro, et al., 2003). In the United State, each year, there' are 2 to 4 cases of community acquired pneumonia with half a million hospitalizations and 5,000 death resulting in an annual associated cost of 20 billion dollars.(Kertesz, et al, 1999 ).Of all the organisms that can be readily cultured, S. pneumonia is by far the most common cause of community acquired pneumonia (15 - 60%) followed by Haemophilus influenza (3-10%), gram negative bacter...