Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common bacteria that can live in the respiratory tract without causing illness, but it can also lead to serious infections like pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia.

A molecule that plays a key role in bacterial communication and infection has been identified by a research group at Carnegie Mellon University. Their findings add a new word to pneumococcus' ...

Vaccines that protect people from infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae, which kills up to one million children ever year worldwide, train the immune system to recognize the pathogen’s thick sugar ...

Pneumococcus kills 1 million children annually according to the World Health Organization. The key to the pathogen's virulence is its thick sugar capsule, which is also the active ingredient in ...

The Australian government announced last week there's a new vaccine for pneumococcal disease on the National Immunization Program for all children. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

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ALTHOUGH the sulfonamide drugs are highly effective in the treatment of the pneumococcal pneumonias, serious problems sometimes arise in their administration. In patients with underlying cardiac or ...

This illustration depicted a three-dimensional (3D), computer-generated image, of a group of Gram-positive, Streptococcus pneumonia bacteria. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron ...

Researchers have identified a molecule that plays a key role in bacterial communication and infection. Their findings add a new word to pneumococcus' molecular dictionary and may lead to novel ways to ...