Pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccines prevent pneumococcal disease in infants, but their efficacy against pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in adults 65 years of age or older is ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the chief cause of pneumonia in older adults, but it remains unclear whether use of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine alters the overall risk of community ...

We recommend using a mammalian pancreatic α-amylase (e.g., porcine) because microbial α-amylases may contain contaminating enzymes that hydrolyze other polysaccharide components of the wall.

Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines (PPSV). PPSVs contain purified sugars from the outside of the pneumococcus bacteria. There’s one type of PPSV, called PPSV23 (Pneumovax 23). The table below ...

More information from microbial genomics is needed to reveal the diversity of the systems that are involved in polysaccharide utilization, and thus the extent of the variation in these two ...

Polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines are among the safest and most successful vaccines developed during the last 30 years. Physicochemical techniques are a powerful tool for the structural ...

Synth. 2022, DOI: 10.1038/s44160-022-00171-9). Using the device, Ye’s team created a polysaccharide composed of 1,080 sugar moieties with 4,320 stereogenic centers, which is the longest and ...

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Prevenar 13 is a mixture of the outer sugar coating (polysaccharide) from 13 different strains or serotypes of bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae. Each serotype is joined to a non-toxic ...

Citation: Innovative double-layer polysaccharide hydrogel shows promise for intestine-targeted oral delivery of probiotics (2023, September 28) retrieved 31 May 2025 from https://medicalxpress.com ...

HealthDay News — For children with nutritional iron-deficiency anemia (IDA), ferrous sulfate is associated with a greater increase in hemoglobin concentration at 12 weeks compared with iron ...

In the field of bacteriology, the rapid rise of drug-resistant bacterial infections and the lack of effective antimicrobial ...