When engaged in battle, a key tactic for defeating your enemies is disrupting their communication. In the battle against deadly diseases that adapt quickly to resist today’s top antibiotics, ...

The emergence of antibiotic resistance during treatment for pneumococcal infection is exceedingly rare. 1 To our knowledge, there is no previous report of a genetically characterized, ...

Researchers at the University of California (CA, USA) have uncovered a mechanism that allows Group A Streptococcus (GAS) to avoid immune detection, enhancing bacterial virulence and decreasing ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a type of bacteria that can cause pneumococcal disease. There are more than 100 strains of this bacteria, though not all of them lead to infections. People can carry the ...

Vaccinating laboratory mice with Streptococcus mitis bacteria prevents their virulent sibling, Streptococcus pneumoniae from infecting the mice. The research suggests that vaccination of humans with ...