Cases of pneumococcal pneumonia surged in 2022 and 2023. The bacterial infection attacks the lungs, causing air sacs to ...

Many disease-causing bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) are encased in a sugar layer called the capsular polysaccharide (CPS). This layer is often essential for infections. In a ...

Pneumococcal conjunctivitis is a bacterial eye infection that causes symptoms such as redness, discharge, and crusting of the eyelids. It is caused by a type of bacterium called Streptococcus ...

The research, published on April 24th, 2026, in Nature Microbiology, describes how the new tool, called TRAnsmision ...

A bout with flu virus can be hard, but when Streptococcus pneumonia enters the mix, it can turn deadly. Now researchers have found a further reason for the severity of this dual infection by ...

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.

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigate the effect of colonization of the upper respiratory tract (URT) by Streptococcus pneumoniae on severe acute ...

Infections with many different types of bacteria including Streptococcus pneumonia, Listeria monocytogens, and Neisseria mengitidis can cause bacterial meningitis. It's estimated that every year over ...

Bacterial meningitis is a devastating infectious disease because, even when cured, most survivors live with permanent neurological disabilities such as motor impairment, cognitive delay, hearing and ...