Children under five years of age, especially those aged two years or under, face a high risk of pneumococcal disease, which is caused by infection of a bacteria -- Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known ...

When engaged in battle, a key tactic for defeating your enemies is disrupting their communication. In the battle against deadly diseases that adapt quickly to resist today’s top antibiotics, ...

Children with hematologic malignancies continue to exhibit increased IPD risk despite an overall decline in pediatric IPD after the introduction of the PCV13 vaccine.

In October, the three-county metro area logged 33 infections with a germ called Streptococcus pneumoniae, which can cause pneumonia, ear infections, meningitis and other problems.

Streptococcus pneumoniae binds to host GAPDH on dying lung epithelial cells worsening secondary infection following influenza. Cell Reports , 2021; 35 (11): 109267 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021. ...

It covers 21 different serotypes of Strep pneumoniae, including eight that are not targeted by any of the other available vaccines. Until now, the vaccine that protected against the most serotypes ...

Study: Longitudinal dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and SARS-CoV-2 infection in households with children. Image Credit: Lotus_studio / Shutterstock.com *Important notice: medRxiv ...

A bout with flu virus can be hard, but when Streptococcus pneumonia enters the mix, it can turn deadly. Now researchers have found a further reason for the severity of this dual infection by ...

A Dec. 5, 2022, Facebook post (direct link, archived link) shows a screenshot of a 2014 research study titled "Live attenuated influenza vaccine enhances colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae ...

Scientists from the UK and US have recently investigated immunological consequences of secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) infection in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

A research team has evaluated the real-world impact of a community-based pneumococcal vaccination support program for older adults conducted in Sera Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.