Eleven of these patients had pneumonia due to the hemolytic streptococcus and are the subject of this report. In each the diagnosis was based on clinical findings as well as culture material from ...

Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of clarithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to penicillin ...

New research has uncovered exactly how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae has become resistant to the antibiotic penicillin. The same research could also open up MRSA to attack by penicillin ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae sticks to dying lung cells, worsening secondary infection following flu Date: June 24, 2021 Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Summary: Researchers have found a ...

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 ...

A new report demonstrates that the human pathogen Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae (one of the known causes of bacterial pneumonia) possesses an unusual enzyme that protects foreign DNA taken up ...

Because many pneumococci remain resistant, the changes we report are not likely to change recommendations regarding the empirical treatment of pneumonia, otitis media, and meningitis; those ...

Streptococci are bacteria that commonly cause infections. Among the most common infections in pediatrics is streptococcus pneumonia or impetigo, a contagious skin infection. There are eight ...