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Streptococcus pneumoniae
Known as:
streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria
, Pneumococcus
, Diplococcus pneumoniae
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A gram-positive organism found in the upper respiratory tract, inflammatory exudates, and various body fluids of normal and/or diseased humans and…
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Infection of ear
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Broader (5)
Inflammation
Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Respiration Disorders
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Review
2015
Review
2015
Global, regional, and national age–sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
M. Naghavi
,
Haidong Wang
,
+717 authors
A. M. Temesgen
The Lancet
2015
Corpus ID: 115823866
Review
2008
Review
2008
The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence factors in host respiratory colonization and disease
A. Kadioglu
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J. Weiser
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J. Paton
,
P. Andrew
Nature Reviews Microbiology
2008
Corpus ID: 13884277
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen that colonizes the mucosal surfaces of the host nasopharynx and…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Effect of introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
M. Kyaw
,
R. Lynfield
,
+13 authors
C. Whitney
New England Journal of Medicine
2006
Corpus ID: 32589686
BACKGROUND Five of seven serotypes in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, introduced for infants in the United States in 2000…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation: the key to pneumococcal disease.
D. Bogaert
,
R. D. Groot
,
P. Hermans
Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)
2004
Corpus ID: 23587885
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Pneumococcal vaccination decreases atherosclerotic lesion formation: molecular mimicry between Streptococcus pneumoniae and oxidized LDL
C. Binder
,
S. Hörkkö
,
+7 authors
G. Silverman
Nature Network Boston
2003
Corpus ID: 24702933
During the progression of atherosclerosis, autoantibodies are induced to epitopes of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) and…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Large‐scale identification of serotype 4 Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence factors
D. Hava
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A. Camilli
Molecular Microbiology
2002
Corpus ID: 22771033
Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is carried in the nasopharynx of healthy individuals, but can spread to other host…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Complete Genome Sequence of a Virulent Isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae
H. Tettelin
,
K. Nelson
,
+36 authors
C. Fraser
Science
2001
Corpus ID: 714948
The 2,160,837–base pair genome sequence of an isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a Gram-positive pathogen that causes pneumonia…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Genome of the Bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain R6
J. Hoskins
,
W. Alborn
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+39 authors
J. Glass
Journal of Bacteriology
2001
Corpus ID: 13254746
ABSTRACT Streptococcus pneumoniae is among the most significant causes of bacterial disease in humans. Here we report the 2,038…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Acute-phase proteins and other systemic responses to inflammation.
C. Gabay
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I. Kushner
New England Journal of Medicine
1999
Corpus ID: 30307565
A large number of changes, distant from the site or sites of inflammation and involving many organ systems, may accompany…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A multilocus sequence typing scheme for Streptococcus pneumoniae: identification of clones associated with serious invasive disease.
M. Enright
,
B. Spratt
Microbiology
1998
Corpus ID: 23810846
The population biology of Streptococcus pneumoniae is poorly understood. Most of the important issues could be addressed by the…
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