Streptococcus

  • FDA Expands Use of Prevnar 13 Vaccine for People Ages 50 and Older
    Prevnar 13, a pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for people ages 50 years and older to prevent pneumonia and invasive disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pneumococcal pneumonia, caused when ...More
    January 2, 2012
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  • Researchers Find an Alternative to Antibiotics
    Here it can be clearly seen that the antimicrobial peptides have prevented the growth of bacteria, in this case Streptococcus mutans, which causes tooth decay. More and more pathogens are becoming immune to antibiotics. Some bacteria can no longer be combated. The World ...More
    June 8, 2011
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  • Streptococci, E. coli Continue to Put Newborns at Risk for Sepsis
    Bloodstream infections in newborns can lead to serious complications with substantial morbidity and mortality. What's more, the pathogens responsible for neonatal infections have changed over time. In recent years, however, antibiotic prophylaxis given to at-risk mothers ...More
    April 25, 2011
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  • Group B Strep is Still Main Cause of Bacterial Meningitis in Newborns
    Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is still the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in newborns, concludes a seven-year French study in the March issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Group B strep remains predominant despite the recent introduction of GBS ...More
    March 2, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Vaccine Made With Synthetic Gene Protects Against Pneumonia
    Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed an experimental vaccine that appears to protect against an increasingly common and particularly deadly form of pneumococcal pneumonia. Details of the new vaccine, which was tested in an ...More
    February 22, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Third Trimester Group B Streptococcus Test Doesn't Accurately Predict Presence During Labor
    In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)'s annual meeting in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that many women are having different test results for Group B streptococcus (GBS) between their routine third ...More
    February 11, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Turning Bacteria Against Themselves
    Bacteria often attack with toxins designed to hijack or even kill host cells. To avoid self-destruction, bacteria have ways of protecting themselves from their own toxins. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have described one of these ...More
    February 9, 2011
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  • New Research Traces Evolutionary Path of Multidrug-Resistant Strep Bacteria
    Despite penicillin and the dozens of antibiotics that followed it, streptococcus bacteria have remained a major threat to health throughout the world. The reason: the superb evolutionary skills of this pathogen to rapidly alter its genetic makeup. In a landmark paper ...More
    January 28, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Study New Test to Prevent Overuse of Antibiotics in Pregnant Women
    A more rapid laboratory test for pregnant women to detect Group B strep (GBS), the most common cause of life-threatening infections in newborns, is being studied by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). "Typically, if a patient ...More
    November 29, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Limited Number of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotypes Cause Most Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
    Contrary to current thinking, the group of serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae responsible for most invasive pneumococcal disease worldwide is conserved across regions. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading bacterial cause of pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis in ...More
    October 6, 2010
    Posted in News
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