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

In Streptococcus pneumoniae, PcsB is predicted to perform ... The protein adopts a dimeric structure in which the V-shaped coiled–coil (CC) domain of each monomer acts as a pair of molecular ...

The full research paper is called Characterization of tRNA-dependent Peptide Bond Formation by MurM in the Synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Peptidoglycan and it has just been published (March ...

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

pneumoniae superinfection, presumably through binding competition. "Our findings support the targeting of regions of PspA for therapeutic and vaccine development against influenza A/Streptococcus ...

Wednesday's recommendation comes as respiratory infections caused by the bacteria mycoplasma pneumoniae are rising across the U.S., especially in children, according to the CDC. That marks a ...