[HTML][HTML] Carriage of penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci among children in northern Tanzania in the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine era

M Emgård, SE Msuya, BM Nyombi, D Mosha… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the antibiotic susceptibility and serotype distribution of colonizing
Streptococcus pneumoniae in Tanzanian children. Serial cross-sectional surveys were …

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

R Karlsson, L Gonzales-Siles, M Gomila, A Busquets… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
A range of methodologies may be used for analyzing bacteria, depending on the purpose
and the level of resolution needed. The capability for recognition of species distinctions …

A Pangenome Approach for Discerning Species-Unique Gene Markers for Identifications of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae

L Gonzales-Siles, R Karlsson, P Schmidt… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Correct identifications of isolates and strains of the Mitis-Group of the genus Streptococcus
are particularly difficult, due to high genetic similarity, resulting from horizontal gene transfer …

Molecular characterization and epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 in Denmark

CB Hansen, K Fuursted, P Valentiner-Branth… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 incidence has increased in Denmark
after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugated vaccines (PCV). The mechanism behind …

Identification and capsular serotype sequetyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains

L Gonzales-Siles, F Salvà-Serra… - Journal of Medical …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
Purpose. Correct serotype identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is
important for monitoring disease epidemiology and assessing the impacts of pneumococcal …

Co-occurrence of bacteria and viruses and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharynx of Tanzanian children below 2 years of age …

M Emgård, M Andersson, L Gonzales-Siles… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have reduced severe disease attributed to
vaccine-type pneumococci in children. However, the effect is dependent on serotype …

Performance of the Biomark HD real-time qPCR System (Fluidigm) for the detection of nasopharyngeal bacterial pathogens and Streptococcus pneumoniae typing

CP Olwagen, PV Adrian, SA Madhi - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Traditional qPCR assays for pneumococcal detection and serotype characterization require
large sample volume, is expensive and labor intensive. We aimed to develop a quantitative …

Phenotypic and molecular characterization of macrolide resistance mechanisms among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Tunisia

B Midouni Ayadi, E Mehiri, H Draoui… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
Introduction. Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for many community infections, with
the main ones being pneumonia and meningitis. Pneumococcus has developed increased …

Pneumococcal concentration and serotype distribution in preschool children with radiologically confirmed pneumonia compared to healthy controls prior to …

K Elfving, LG Strömberg, S Geravandi… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends pneumococcal
vaccination (PCV) in the first year of life. We investigated pneumococcal serotypes in …

Immunization with SP_1992 (DiiA) Protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae Reduces Nasopharyngeal Colonization and Protects against Invasive Disease in Mice

AJ Martín-Galiano, MS Escolano-Martinez, B Corsini… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Knowledge-based vaccinology can reveal uncharacterized antigen candidates for a new
generation of protein-based anti-pneumococcal vaccines. DiiA, encoded by the sp_1992 …