FDA has approved a new pneumococcal vaccine that provides broader protection for infants and young children ages six weeks through five years. The new vaccine,...
Pneumococcus is a bacteria that causes meningitis. Before the pneumococcal vaccine, pneumococcus caused thousands of severe infections every year in young children. Vaccines and Your...
The bacterium known as pneumococcus is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord), community-acquired pneumonia (lung infections), and...
The bacterium known as pneumococcus is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord), community-acquired pneumonia (lung infections), and...
Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a type of Gram-positive bacteria. It can often be found in the upper respiratory tract of humans, but as with...
Some bacteria can kill its own mates and acquire their DNA in the process called "competence" . In pneumococcus, this fratricide is accomplished by the...
*** Includes English subtitles *** El neumococo, una bacteria que causa graves enfermedades en el ser humano, mata a sus propios hermanos para incrementar la...
