Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by the Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) bacterium, also known as pneumococcus. Infection can result in pneumonia, infection of the blood (bacteremia ...

Despite early and adequate treatment, there can still be serious and potentially life-threatening complications arising from pneumococcal infection. Doctors will usually prescribe antibiotics for ...

After the onset of serious pneumococcal infections, patients are at a significantly increased risk of having a heart attack, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the journal Clinical ...

The American Lung Association reports more than 150,000 people are hospitalized with pneumonia each year, leading to roughly ...

A study by Nongnooch Poowanawittayakom, MD, of the Infectious Diseases department at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and colleagues, examined the medical records of ...

In findings that are nothing short of surprising, scientists have demonstrated that the liver is the site where the immune system unleashes its assault on pneumococcal bacteria following vaccination ...

Since 1993 we have prospectively identified children with invasive infections caused by S. pneumoniae in the inpatient and outpatient setting at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX. Pneumococci ...

The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease, pneumonia, and otitis media peaked in infancy or early childhood, with pneumococcal disease rates being highest in the first year of life. Comorbidity ...

Are you at least 50 years old? The Center for Disease Control (CDC) now recommends you get vaccinated against pneumococcal diseases, a type of bacterial disease that can cause multiple illnesses. The ...

In recent decades, there has been an increase in the number of novel viral infections. One such novel pathogen is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative virus of ...

The Australian government announced last week there's a new vaccine for pneumococcal disease on the National Immunization Program for all children. Val Kilmer, the actor behind iconic characters from ...