Pneumococcal bacteria are present in the normal microbiome of the nose of many children and adults. In certain circumstances, ...

Widespread use of PCV13, which covers additional serotypes 3, 6A and 19A, may contribute to reduce the clonal spread of drug-resistant 19A pneumococci. The author has no relevant affiliations or ...

“To Park’s amazement, Sabin developed a method for the rapid typing of pneumococci [taken from pneumonia patients], turning what had been an overnight process into one that now took two or ...

Cardiovascular complications related to pneumococci may run a fulminant course. However, some of these life-threatening complications (eg, endocarditis and aortitis) may long remain unnoticed or be ...

The changes were considered indicative of pneumonitis. The sputum was negative for hemolytic streptococci or pneumococci. The white-cell count was 12,000, with 85 per cent neutrophils. The patient ...

Over the years, Avery's group had accumulated considerable biochemical expertise as they established that strains of pneumococci could be distinguished by the polysaccharides in their capsules and ...

The penicillin-resistant pneumococci are frequently resistant to other antibiotics as well, including erythromycin, tetracyclines, and trimethoprim-sulbactam. Also, decreased susceptibility to ...

Penicillin G sodium 5million Units/mL; pwd for IM inj or continuous IV drip after reconstitution; contains sodium 1.68mEq per million Units. Bacteremia, pneumonia, endocarditis, pericarditis ...

Pneumovax 23 induces type-specific antibodies that enhance opsonization, phagocytosis, and killing of pneumococci by leukocytes and other phagocytic cells. The levels of antibodies that correlate ...

Experimental studies of parasitocoenosis have shown that some species of streptococci (pneumococci) and E. coli in association with E. histolytica produce more severe forms of the disease and ...

From next year, kids in the Netherlands will no longer get vaccination jabs at ages 4 and 9. The RIVM is changing the ...