Childhood pneumonia deaths fell sharply, but vaccine gaps keep the burden unequal
A two-level analysis of GBD data and Chinese pediatric pneumonia hospitalizations shows that residual under-five lower respiratory infection burden is ...
Tag: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Prospective Swiss cohort finds added diagnostic yield from serotype-specific urine testing in adult pneumonia
A prospective two-hospital Swiss cohort found that serotype-specific urine testing detected additional pneumococcal pneumonia cases, but the article reported conflicting ...
Research report: Shifts in invasive pneumococcal disease epidemiology following the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Madrid, Spain: insights from a six-year hospital-based study
A six-year retrospective study at a Madrid tertiary hospital found that invasive pneumococcal disease incidence fell during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Human Metapneumovirus Surged in Central China Before Collapsing a Year Later
A two-year sentinel study in Henan Province found HMPV positivity peaked at 26.2 percent in late 2024 before falling sharply ...
Respiratory Pathogens Shifted After Türkiye’s Earthquakes, but the Evidence Points to Time, Not Disaster
A four-year multiplex PCR study in southern Türkiye found that apparent post-earthquake increases in bacterial respiratory pathogen detection were not ...
Middle Ear Infections Strike One in Thirteen Bangladeshi Children Under Five, Study Finds
A decade-long Dhaka surveillance study found otitis media in 7.7 percent of Bangladeshi children under five, with influenza the leading ...
Scientists uncover hidden weakness in antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A Umeå University study shows that disrupting the cell wall transport lipid undecaprenyl phosphate blocks evolutionary escape routes in MRSA ...
Air Pollution’s Effect on Pneumococcal Disease Depends on the Bacterial Lineage Circulating
A landmark study of 59,017 South African cases reveals that the danger posed by air pollution shifts depending on which ...
Neutralizing Histones Shields the Stroke-Injured Brain from Pneumonia Damage
New research shows that antibody-mediated neutralization of extracellular histone proteins protects the ischemic brain from the neutrophil-driven damage caused by ...
Flu Followed by Pneumococcal Pneumonia: A Multiple Sclerosis Case Exposes Gaps in Vaccine and Blood Monitoring
A Journal of Neurology case report describes severe invasive pneumococcal pneumonia after influenza A in a multiple sclerosis patient treated ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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