In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigate the effect of colonization of the upper respiratory tract (URT) by Streptococcus pneumoniae on severe acute ...
Bacterial colonization in the upper respiratory tract is considered to be one of the major risk factors of COVID-19. In this context, studies have shown that the co-occurrence of invasive pneumococcal ...
Researchers have found a further reason for the severity of dual infection by influenza and Streptococcus pneumonia -- a new virulence mechanism for a surface protein on the pneumonia-causing bacteria ...
A new report shows that the human pathogen Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae (one of the known causes of bacterial pneumonia) has an unusual enzyme that protects foreign DNA taken up during transformation ...
The rapid emergence and increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae have greatly complicated the choice of empirical treatment for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
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For many years scientists have used the characteristic sugar molecules on the surface of bacteria as a component of vaccines. However, immunization with mixtures of isolated capsular polysaccharides ...
Bacterial species consist of genetically related strains that have evolved from a common ancestor and belong to the same clonal lineage. Factors that are important for clonal evolution are horizontal ...
A bout with flu virus can be hard, but when Streptococcus pneumonia enters the mix, it can turn deadly. Now researchers have found a further reason for the severity of this dual infection by ...
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