unanimously greenlit a new vaccine from Merck that protects against 21 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae), ...

Antimicrobial resistance and serotypes in Streptococcus pneumoniae have ... to the increase in antimicrobial resistance and MDR in S. pneumoniae. PCV13 may contribute in reducing the spread ...

Actor Val Kilmer, 65, died of pneumonia this week, his daughter confirmed. Dr. Marc Siegel discusses common causes and risks of the respiratory virus.

The CDC marked a major uptick in group A strep cases in 10 U.S. states from 2013 to 2022. Here's what to know about risk of ...

Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by the Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) bacterium, also known as pneumococcus. Infection can result in pneumonia, infection of the blood ...

The bacterium's ability to evade the immune system ... by inserting 80 different transporter genes into 79 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Asst Prof Sham Lok-To added, "Each transporter ...

The pharma's new vaccine was significantly more effective against one Streptococcus pneumoniae strain out of the 13 it shares with Prevnar-13 – serotype 3 – with the added bonus of covering ...

One of these – dubbed V116 – is a cocktail of 21 Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Those eight strains account for more than 30% of the disease burden caused by S pneumoniae, said the drugmaker.

no conclusion could be made about clarithromycin's efficacy for infections caused by macrolide-resistant S. pneumoniae. Both treatments were well tolerated.

These could help combat a range of infectious diseases such as cholera, typhoid, rotavirus, norovirus, influenza and Streptococcus ... by Vibrio cholerae and S. pneumoniae, respectively.

Identifying microbiota-based leads for new ways to prevent infections by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae ... small molecules or strains of beneficial bacteria to the human nasal ...