Science news articles about 'pneumococcal bacteria'

... They copied the choline architecture of the pneumococcal cell wall. They were then able to trap the choline-binding proteins that have a critical effect on the infectiousness of pneumococcal bacteria.

... of most children. When living in the upper airways, S. pneumoniae is harmless. However, if the bacteria are carried to other sites, they cause disease, for example ear infections and life-threatening ...

... receiving corticosteroids in the subsets of children with meningitis caused by pneumococcal bacteria or by meningococcal bacteria. Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, the membrane lining ...

... thus able to trap the choline-binding proteins that have a critical effect on the infectiousness of pneumococcal bacteria. The cell walls of pneumococci contain special polymers, called teichoic acids ...

... increasingly difficult. The scientists behind today's study believe this resistance is due to the pneumococcal bacteria adapting by occasionally picking up DNA from other bacteria, even from other ...