Abstract In 2003 the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a working group and
published a set of standard methods for studies measuring nasopharyngeal carriage of …

While significant protection from pneumococcal disease has been achieved by the use of
polysaccharide and polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines, capsule-independent …

According to World Health Organization statistics of 2011, infectious diseases remain in the
top five causes of mortality worldwide. However, despite sophisticated research tools for …

More than 700 bacterial species or phylotypes, of which over 50% have not been cultivated,
have been detected in the oral cavity. Our purposes were (i) to utilize culture-independent …

Background. Mastitis is a common infectious disease during lactation, and the main
etiological agents are staphylococci, streptococci, and/or corynebacteria. The efficacy of oral …

The capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae represents an important
virulence factor and protects against phagocytosis. In this study the amount of capsular …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a member of the Mitis group of streptococci which, according
to 16S rRNA-sequence based phylogenetic reconstruction, includes 12 species. While other …

Streptococcus mitis is a viridans streptococcus and a normal commensal of the human
oropharynx. However, S. mitis can escape from this niche and cause a variety of infectious …

We have identified an unusual group of viridans group streptococci that resemble
Streptococcus pneumoniae. DNA-DNA homology studies suggested that a subset of these …

Nasopharyngeal colonization is the first step in the interaction between Streptococcus
pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) and its human host. Factors that contribute to clearance of …