Expert doctors in infectious disease and lung health speak to the transmissibility of walking pneumonia and more infection facts.

A review in Biomolecules and Biomedicine sheds light on how microRNAs (miRNAs)—small regulatory RNA molecules—play a central ...

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

Pneumonia is a contagious lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. It spreads through respiratory droplets, with ...

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

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 was responsible for an estimated 105 000 pneumonia ... ϵ: Serotype-independent immunity shape parameter (see equation 4). σ: Anticapsular (serotype-specific) immunity ...

We report here the observation of a periplasmic space in the Gram-positive Streptococcus pneumoniae by cryo-electron microscopy ... artifact is rather limited as the cells preserve a round shape. Thus ...

The Chinese Medical Association has released new guidelines in the journal Pediatric Investigation for diagnosing and treating Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children. Addressing challenges like variable ...

Infants with invasive group B Streptococcus disease had a 41% higher risk for psychiatric disorders than control individuals (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.41; 95% CI, 1.23-1.62), with the risk ...