IPDs are also found in adults. In 2018, the incidence of pneumococcal disease in India was 31.3 percent for adults aged 60 and older, 22.7 percent for adults aged 44–60, and 13.9 percent for ...

Bacterial skin infections occur when bacteria enter through the surface of the skin. They can cause symptoms such as swelling and inflammation. Treatment may include topical or oral antibiotics ...

Invasive Pneumococcal diseases (IPDs) IPD is associated with high mortality in children under five years of age, resulting in 14 percent of deaths in India. Children under five years of age ...

IN RECENT years the clinician has employed the products of a variety of bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi as antigens in performing skin tests to demonstrate a previous infection with a given p ...

Bacterial skin infections (also known as pyodermas) can be caused by a wide array of bacteria – most commonly by either staphylococci or streptococci, or sometimes by both organisms.

A bacterium, streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) causes pneumococcal pneumonia, the symptoms of which include high fever, cough and shortness of breath; bacteremia, an infection of the blood ...

For example, Streptococcus pneumoniae, the bacteria responsible for pneumococcal disease, is spread through respiratory secretions like saliva and mucus, frequently causing ear infections or sinus ...

Dubbed “proinfectious agents” by the team, these bacteria, or even just parts of them, enabled the development of S. aureus infection in lab tests on mice and zebrafish (Nat. Microbiol. 2018 ...

Your skin is also more likely to have a type of bacteria called staph (Staphylococcus aureus) on it, compared to someone without eczema. If you think you might have a bacterial infection , it’s ...

Pneumococcal meningitis is a serious bacterial infection of the membranes that cover your spinal cord and brain. It’s caused by a common bacteria that many people have in their bodies, but in ...