All modern advances notwithstanding, pneumonia remains a common infection with
substantial morbidity and mortality. Understanding of the etiology of pneumonia continues to …

Head and neck cancer (HNC) concerns more than 890,000 patients worldwide annually and
is associated with the advanced stage at presentation and heavy outcomes. Alcohol …

A comprehensive knowledge of the types and ratios of microbes that inhabit the healthy
human gut is necessary before any kind of pre-clinical or clinical study can be performed …

From a common ancestor, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis evolved in
parallel into one of the most important pathogens and a mutualistic colonizer of humans …

Expression of a capsular polysaccharide is considered a hallmark of most invasive species
of bacteria, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, in which the capsule is among the …

The molecular mechanisms underlying pathogen emergence in humans is a critical but
poorly understood area of microbiologic investigation. Serotype V group B Streptococcus …

Background Intensive studies have failed to identify an etiologic agent in> 50% cases of
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Bacterial pneumonia follows aspiration of …

Background Gastric microbiota along with Helicobacter pylori (HP) plays a key role in gastric
disease. The aim of our study is to investigate the difference of human gastric microbiota …

The Mitis group of streptococci includes an important human pathogen, Streptococcus
pneumoniae (pneumococcus) and about 20 other related species with much lower …

Dysbiosis, or the imbalance in the structural and/or functional properties of the microbiome,
is at the origin of important infectious inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel …