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ObjectiveTo determine the seroprevalence of anti-Streptococcus pneumoniae immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody and its risk factors in the elderly attending physical examination.MethodsTwo communities were randomly selected, in which the elderly aged over 60 ...
BEI Weihui +6 more
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Lung abscess caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6B
Lung abscess has been considered to be a rare complication of pneumococcal infection, and most cases are reported to be Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3.
Yuhei Ito +7 more
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Antibodies are important agents in the laboratory diagnosis of various microorganisms such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. In this study, we prepared and purified IgG antibody against Streptococcus pneumoniae using novel methods to be used in ELISA and ...
Mitra Moghiman +4 more
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Horizontal DNA transfer mechanisms of bacteria as weapons of intragenomic conflict [PDF]
Horizontal DNA transfer (HDT) is a pervasive mechanism of diversification in many microbial species, but its primary evolutionary role remains controversial.
A Adams +157 more
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Fundamentos. Conocer en nuestro hospital la sensibilidad a penicilina de aislamientos de Streptococcus pneumoniae, así como analizar la asociación de resistencia a penicilina y otros antimicrobianos y la actividad de cefotaxima y cefepima en cepas de ...
J.J. García-Irure +3 more
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IL-17 can be protective or deleterious in murine pneumococcal pneumonia [PDF]
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia, and the leading agent of childhood pneumonia deaths worldwide. Nasal colonization is an essential step prior to infection.
Bayes, Hannah K. +4 more
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Monocytes regulate the mechanism of T-cell death by inducing Fas-mediated apoptosis during bacterial infection. [PDF]
Monocytes and T-cells are critical to the host response to acute bacterial infection but monocytes are primarily viewed as amplifying the inflammatory signal.
A Kadioglu +64 more
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Overlapping functionality of the Pht proteins in zinc homeostasis of streptococcus pneumoniae [PDF]
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a globally significant pathogen that causes a range of diseases, including pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis, and otitis media. Its ability to cause disease depends upon the acquisition of nutrients from its environment, including
Eijkelkamp, Bart A. +5 more
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Optimization of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Reaction for Detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes in Clinical Nasopharynx Swab Samples [PDF]
Current molecular PCR-based methods for identifying Streptococcus pneumoniae, the primary cause of pneumonia, meningitis, and other invasive diseases, are accurate but require expensive infrastructure and have a long run time, which restricts their use ...
Mozef Tjandrawati +4 more
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Coinfection of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Streptococcus pneumoniae in multiple cutaneous lesions [PDF]
Key learning points Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most common clinical disease caused by all the Leishmania species that are pathogenic to humans. Other bacterial coinfections of Leishmania lesions have been described, but this is the first report of ...
Chiapello, Laura Silvina +6 more
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