streptococcus pneumoniae

(Rockefeller University) Scientists from Rockefeller University and the Sanger Institute have used full genome sequencing to identify the precise steps in the molecular evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Their research shows the changes the genome of this bacterium has undergone in time and during its massive geographic spread over the globe.

BETHESDA, Md. — A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has voted to recommend approval of an updated version of the Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine Prevnar.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel will decide Wednesday whether to recommend approval of a new version of the popular Streptococcus pneumoniae children's vaccine Prevnar.

TORONTO (MedPage Today) -- A short course of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine significantly reduces carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasal passages of treated children, Dutch researchers said.

PITTSBURGH (MedPage Today) -- The rate of pneumococcal meningitis in the U.S. dropped significantly after the introduction of a vaccine against seven strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, researchers here said.

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- New Streptococcus pneumoniae resistance breakpoints may increase the use of intravenous penicillin in invasive pneumococcal disease, the CDC said.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis in children has given rise to Streptococcus pneumoniae that is resistant to levofloxacin (Levaquin), researchers here said.