Efforts to reduce child mortality in Africa via mass treatment with the antibiotic azithromycin (AZM) may lead to increased ...

A propagating mechanism helps Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria adopt a competent state that allows them to resist antibiotic ...

The cause of the disease also determines whether pneumonia is contagious or not. The viral forms of it that are most ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterium commonly found in the upper respiratory tract of humans. While it can exist harmlessly in some individuals, it is also a major pathogen responsible for ...

Highlights Walking pneumonia is a milder form of regular pneumonia. It can be contagious when caused by specific bacteria or viruses. Those at higher risk include the elderly, young children, and ...

Pneumococcal meningitis was associated with a case-fatality rate of almost 30% in children with sickle cell disease, a study ...

A new antibiotic that has the potential to save millions of lives has entered its last phase of human testing. Swiss ...

Whereas the symptoms of a classic case of pneumonia—usually caused by other types of bacteria (like Streptococcus pneumoniae) or a virus—can include fever, shortness of breath, nausea ...

Sabella recommends young children get the pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine, which protects against a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae, even though it doesn’t prevent walking pneumonia.

Pneumonia is a Streptococcus pneumoniae (commonly known as "strep") bacterial infection, which is usually in your lungs. It can also be caused by the flu virus, the common cold virus, or a fungal ...