The plates were spun at 160×g for 10 min in a plate spinner (IEC centra- 3C, International Equipment Company, Milford, USA) to allow the pneumococci to approximate the monolayers. Next ...

Genetic inactivation of capsule production in several serotypes rendered pneumococci more sensitive to killing by CAMPs 11. Capsule therefore has dual roles in the response of pneumococci to CAMPs ...

Pneumococci are known for causing infections in the respiratory tract such as sinusitis, otitis and pneumonia. They are also a common cause of severe diseases such as blood poisoning (septicemia ...

How pneumococci challenge our immune system Date: November 12, 2018 Source: Karolinska Institutet Summary: Pneumococci are the most common cause of respiratory tract infections, such as otitis and ...

We report here the isolation, from 2 patients, of pneumococci exhibiting high levels of resistance to tetracycline in vitro. One of these patients acquired classic pneumococcal pneumonia while on ...

For the differentiation of the organisms of the pneumococcus-streptococcus group for clinical diagnostic purposes, a morphologic and cultural method which has yielded good results has been presented.

The discovery can help in the search for a broader vaccine able to protect against all types of pneumococci. The bacterium S. pneumoniae or the pneumococcus exists naturally in the noses of children ...

Pneumococci are the most common cause of respiratory tract infections, such as otitis and sinusitis, as well as of severe infections like pneumonia and meningitis. A new study from Karolinska ...

The study, published today (16 August) in Lancet Microbe, was led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, National Reference Center for Pneumococci, France, and Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Spain ...

These bacteria, which are also termed pneumococci, cause serious infections such as pneumonia, septicaemia and meningitis. The toxin component PezT belongs to the family of zeta toxins; these are ...

Bile-soluble isolates that were susceptible to ethylhydrocupreine (optochin) and therefore were presumed to be pneumococci underwent serotyping, capsular staining, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ...