Streptococcus pneumoniae is a type of bacteria that can cause pneumococcal disease. There are more than 100 strains of this bacteria, though not all of them lead to infections. People can carry the ...

Streptococcus pneumonia is an encapsulated bacteria with a polysaccharide capsule an essential factor in virulence. About 90 distinct pneumococcal serotypes have been identified throughout the world, ...

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 ...

Carnegie Mellon University 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 ...

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 ...

Hence it might seem that the drug has a direct destructive action on the pneumococcus polysaccharide-capsular material. It is well known that the capsule is a defence mechanism of virulent bacteria ...

New research has shown how the immune system detects and destroys the bug, pneumococcus, which could help in the development of a new vaccine against the disease. New research has shown how the immune ...

In an appeal submitted to the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Estonian Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgeons Society is proposing that the Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) be added to ...

Nearly 80 per cent of adult Hongkongers have not received the vaccine against pneumococcus, a study has found, with experts expressing concern the group could be unprotected from a potential surge of ...

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 ...