Intranasal Immunization with the Commensal Streptococcus mitis Confers Protective Immunity against Pneumococcal Lung Infection

S Shekhar, R Khan, K Schenck… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen that … to evaluate the potential of
Streptococcus mitis, a commensal that … mitis against lung infection by S. pneumoniae strains D39 (…

Streptococcus mitis Expressing Pneumococcal Serotype 1 Capsule

FC Lessa, J Milucky, NG Rouphael, NM Bennett… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
… In this report, we describe commensal streptococciStreptococcus mitis – expressing …
mitis may be common among US adults. In addition, we describe results of tests of genetic …

PcsB Expression Diversity Influences on Streptococcus mitis Phenotypes Associated With Host Persistence and Virulence

EN Harth-Chu, LA Alves, JD Theobaldo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… into the Mitis group along with Streptococcus oralis and Streptococcus pneumoniae (Facklam,
2002), S. mitis typically co-inhabits mucosal niches of streptococcal pathogens including …

Overcoming the Barrier of Low Efficiency during Genetic Transformation of Streptococcus mitis

G Salvadori, R Junges, DA Morrison… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
mitis functional investigations. The aim of this study was to identify optimal conditions for
natural genetic transformation in Streptococcus mitis, and to illustrate its application as a …

Population structure of Streptococcus oralis

T Do, KA Jolley, MCJ Maiden, SC Gilbert… - …, 2009 - microbiologyresearch.org
… , one of which, the mitis group, includes the common oral species Streptococcus mitis and
Streptococcus oralis as well as the pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. S. pneumoniae is a …

Molecular characterization of disease-associated streptococci of the mitis group that are optochin susceptible

L Balsalobre, A Hernández-Madrid, D Llull… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
… pneumoniae, Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus … s isolates
corresponded to streptococci of the mitis group. Besides, the Opt s streptococci were negative by a …

Streptococcus mitis with Unusually High Level Resistance to β-Lactam Antibiotics

A KÖNIG, RR REINERT… - Microbial drug resistance, 1998 - liebertpub.com
Penicillin-resistant oral streptococci constitute the genetic reservoir for β-lactam resistance
in S. pneumoniae. Here we report the isolation of clinical strains of S. mitis with unusually …

Penicillin Therapy of Experimental Endocarditis Induced by Tolerant Streptococcus sanguis and Nontolerant Streptococcus mitis

FD Lowy, EG Neuhaus, DS Chang… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 1983 - Am Soc Microbiol
… The response of tolerant Streptococcus sanguis and nontolerant Streptococcus mitis infections
mitis and 0.05 and 6.2 ,ug/ml, respectively, for S. sanguis. Time-kiml studies done in vitro …

… bacteria: Characterization, differentiation and identification of pneumococcus and other species within the Mitis Group of the genus Streptococcus by tandem mass …

R Karlsson, L Gonzales-Siles, M Gomila, A Busquets… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… As it is possible to find the three species of the Streptococcus Mitis Group included in this
study in the same clinical sample, bacterial cells from S. pneumoniae CCUG 28588 T were …

Streptococcus mitis endocarditis: report of 17 cases

KB Rapeport, JA Girón, F Rosner - Archives of internal medicine, 1986 - jamanetwork.com
Streptococcus mitis is highly susceptible to therapy with penicillin G potassium (minimal …
Streptococcus mitis endocarditis in intravenous drug ad¬ dicts differs fromthat in non-drug …