Vaccine-resistant pneumonia has increased since a vaccine targeting 13 serotypes of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria was introduced into the Australian routine childhood immunization program.

Pneumonia Risk Factors: Doctors recommend getting the pneumonia vaccine, also known as the pneumococcal vaccine. This vaccine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention depicts two, round-shaped, ...

Pneumococcal conjunctivitis is a bacterial eye infection that causes symptoms such as redness, discharge, and crusting of the eyelids. It is caused by a type of bacterium called Streptococcus ...

This illustration depicts a photomicrographic view of Streptococcus (Diplococcus) pneumoniae bacteria, using Gram-stain technique, 1979. Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common organisms ...

The ancient proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” long predates the discovery of antibiotics. Modern scientists recently found a way put this adage into practice when they found that peptides ...

The Golden Age of antibiotics The first antibiotics were prescribed in the late 1930s, beginning a great era in discovery, development and prescription. Bacterial infection, as a cause of death, ...