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The Role of Streptococcal Cell-Envelope Proteases in Bacterial Evasion of the Innate Immune System

open access: yesJournal of Innate Immunity, 2021
Bacteria possess the ability to evolve varied and ingenious strategies to outwit the host immune system, instigating an evolutionary arms race. Proteases are amongst the many weapons employed by bacteria, which specifically cleave and neutralize key ...
Sophie McKenna   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated red blood cell T-polyagglutination and plasma exchange strategy

open access: yesZhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022
Objective To identify and propose blood transfusion suggestions for 3 children suspected to have red blood cell T polyagglutination. Methods According to the RBC reactions with phytohemagglutinin, adult serum and cord blood serum, aggregation test with ...
Delong LIU   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Profilaxis, immunoprophylaxis and therapy of staphylococcal mastitis [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinarski Glasnik, 2006
Inflammation of the mammary gland, mastitis, in cows presents one of the most acute problems in intensive milk production, incurring huge economic losses which reach from 20-80% even in developed countries in the past decade.
Vakanjac Slobodanka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Alcohol-Microbiota Mice have Increased Susceptibility to Bacterial Pneumonia

open access: yesCells, 2023
Preclinical studies have shown that chronic alcohol abuse leads to alterations in the gastrointestinal microbiota that are associated with behavior changes, physiological alterations, and immunological effects.
Kelly C. Cunningham   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Indirect Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Invasive Group a Streptococcus, Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Staphylococcus Aureus Infections in Houston Area Children

open access: yesThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2021
Masking and social distancing have been adopted to mitigate the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic. We evaluated the indirect impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 prevention strategies on invasive Staphylococcus
J. McNeil   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cytokine Expression in Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Endophthalmitis

open access: yesBiomedicine Hub, 2022
Background: Endophthalmitis is an infection of ocular tissues, often with devastating outcomes for vision. Immunomodulation is an emerging avenue for therapeutic intervention in endophthalmitis, with the expression of cytokines central to potential ...
Marcus Y. Soon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

"Streptococcus milleri" Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus intermedius Are Later Synonyms of Streptococcus anginosus [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1987
Streptococci that produced acetoin and alkaline phosphatase, hydrolyzed arginine, and fermented trehalose but did not produce pyrrolidonylarylamidase or β-glucuronidase, split hippurate, or ferment ribose or glycogen were collected and compared. These streptococci were considered members of the unapproved species “Streptococcus milleri,” but most of ...
A. L. Coykendall   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large cps Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus

open access: yesmBio, 2020
The polysaccharide capsule is essential for the pathogenicity of pneumococcus, which is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide each year. Currently available pneumococcal vaccines are designed to elicit antibodies to the capsule polysaccharides of ...
Feroze A. Ganaie   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

When infection strikes the heart: identifying and treating non-rheumatic streptococcal myocarditis in a young man with chest pain and concurrent streptococcal pharyngitis

open access: yesEmergency Care Journal, 2023
Pharyngitis and tonsillitis are common reasons for seeking medical care. While mostly viral, Streptococcus pyogenescauses 5-20% of adult cases. Non-rheumatic streptococcal myocarditis is a distinct form of myocarditis associated with streptococcal ...
Matic Mihevc
doaj   +1 more source

Conjugative transfer of ICESde3396 between three β-hemolytic streptococcal species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) are mobile genetic elements (MGEs) that possess all genes necessary for excision, transfer and integration into recipient genome. They also carry accessory genes that impart new phenotypic features to
Bauer, Michelle J.   +6 more
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