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 ...

Background. The epidemiology of streptococcal infection in pregnant and postpartum women is poorly described in recent literature. We used data from multistate surveillance for invasive Streptococcus ...

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 ...

Researchers have uncovered a crucial link between dietary zinc intake and protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae, the primary bacterial cause of pneumonia. Globally, it is estimated that nearly ...

To understand how this pathogen adapts to different locations in the body, and also how the host responds to the invading microbe, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the ...

The researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of 188,721 hospitalized patients in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals across the United States from 2015 to 2025. “We know that people often get ...

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 ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Active prospective surveillance to identify the serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae responsi-ble for invasive infections among children in ...

Aim: Streptococcus pneumoniae continues to be an important cause of community-acquired respiratory tract infections. Because of increase in its antimicrobial resistance, the surveillance of the local ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...