Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in ...

Vaccine-resistant pneumonia has increased since a vaccine targeting 13 serotypes of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria was introduced into the Australian routine childhood immunization program.

A new study could explain why some mothers can still pass Group B Streptococcus, or GBS, to their babies after childbirth ...

HOUSTON — A 13-year-old girl from Texas is fighting for her life after what her family initially believed was the flu quickly ...

A community’s survival often depends on communication between individuals, enabling them to share strategies to overcome stress and threats. Bacteria are no different. To survive in the face of their ...

The ancient proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” long predates the discovery of antibiotics. Modern scientists recently found a way put this adage into practice when they found that peptides ...

Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung infection that causes approximately 225,000 hospitalizations among adults in the U.S. each year. Age, certain underlying medical ...

This illustration depicts a photomicrographic view of Streptococcus (Diplococcus) pneumoniae bacteria, using Gram-stain technique, 1979. Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common organisms ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco used a naturally occurring carbon isotope and exhaled CO(2) to catch bacterial infections. MEMPHIS, ...