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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Susceptibility testing is routine, with empiric antibiotic treatment, guided by resistance patterns in the community in which the organism was acquired, pending the results. | | | pneumoniae can be found in the human upper respiratory system. | | | A study of competition in a laboratory revealed that, in a petrì dish, S. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_pneumoniae
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| | Medmicro Chapter 13 |
| | Inspection of Gram-stained sputum remains a reliable predictor for initial antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia. | | | Single or multiply resistant strains are transmitted person to person, especially in settings of frequent salivary exchange, antibiotic use and hand-to-hand transmission (as in day care centers) or of crowding (corrections facilities, homeless shelters, nursing homes, military training groups). | | | New methods for serogrouping that show sensitivity and specificity now are being explored. |
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| | eMedicine - Pneumococcal Infections : Article by Christian P Sinave, MD, FRCPC |
| | Cunha BA: Therapeutic approach to Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with HIV. | | | If the patients' response to therapy is suboptimal or if their condition deteriorates, repeat lumbar puncture. | | | Cunha BA: Community-acquired pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. |
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| | Streptococcus |
| | Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the most frequent pathogens of humans. | | | Infections of the skin can be superficial (impetigo) or deep (cellulitis). | | | Acute diseases associated with Streptococcus pyogenes occur chiefly in the respiratory tract, bloodstream, or the skin. |
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http://textbookofbacteriology.net/streptococcus.html
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| | Streptococcus Pneumoniae-Pneumonia |
| | Penicillin is the drug of choice for sensitive organisms. | | | Your doctor can help you decide if you, or a member of your family, need the vaccine against pneumococcal pneumonia. | | | One dose of Pneumovax (pneumococcal vaccine) is recommended for patients over age 65 or patients with chronic disease. |
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| | S.Pneumoniae |
| | The tetanus and diphtheria toxoid conjugates have been the most successful. | | | Sputum may be analyzed by a Gram stain; S. | | | Figure 3: In the brain of a patient with acute meningitis from Streptococcus pneumoniae, a purulent exudate is visible beneath the meninges. |
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http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Bio_160/Projects1999/bmenin/spneu.html
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | Symptoms of bacterial pneumonia include fever, chills, general feeling of malaise, cough, and chest pain. | | | pneumoniae isolated are resistant to one or more antibacterial treatments. | | | Tests include a physical examination, phlegm test, blood test, urine test, and chest x-ray. |
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http://www.historique.net/microbes/pneumoniae.html
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| | Medical Dictionary: Streptococcus pneumoniae - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Streptococcus pneumoniae: Another name for Pneumococcus (or close medical condition association). | | | Streptococcus pneumoniae (medical condition): Bacteria causing ear infections, pneumococcal pneumonia, and pneumococcal meningitis. | | | Streptococcus pneumoniae: Streptococcus pneumoniae is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Streptococcal infection |
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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/streptococcus_pneumoniae.htm
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| | PENICILLIN RESISTANCE IN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE ISOLATED |
| | Also, in our study all of the S. pneumoniae, both penicillin resistant and susceptible, were susceptible to vancomycin. | | | An epidemiological study of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Japan. | | | Even though it is possible to treat otitis media and pneumonia caused by these strains, treatment of PRP meningitis presents a problem. |
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http://ams.cu.edu.tr/January1997Vol6No1/penicill.htm
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | This organism is a gram positive diplococcus on gram stain. | | | This organism is the cause of Bob's pneumonia. | | | This organism is the most common cause of typical pneumonia in adults. |
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http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/Roberts/bugs/strp.htm
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| | FAQ: Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) |
| | Should you have questions regarding individual health concerns or health care practices, please consult your physician or health care provider directly. | | | Streptococcus pneumoniae is found in the nose and throat of 10 - 40 % of healthy people without causing any symptoms of illness in these people. | | | People taking drugs/treatment such as steroids, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, people who have had a recent organ transplant and elderly people who have had an episode of influenza also have a greater chance of developing an infection caused by the bacterium. |
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http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/faq/pneumofaq.shtml
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| | Virtually every child will experience pneumococcal otitis media before the age of 5 years. | | | Streptococcus pneumoniae is known in medical microbiology as the pneumococcus, referring to its morphology and its consistent involvement in pneumonia This article deals with pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae,or pneumococcal pneumonia. | | | The disease may be divided into two forms, bronchial pneumonia and lobar pneumonia. |
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http://textbookofbacteriology.net/S.pneumoniae.html
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| | CDPHE EIP - Streptococcus pneumoniae Information Page |
| | Antimicrobial-Drug Use and Changes in Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae. | | | Defining the Public Health Impact of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: Report of a Working Group. | | | Antimicrobial Resistance with Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States, 1997-98. |
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http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/EIP/s_pneumo.asp
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently licensed a new vaccine for the prevention of pneumococcal disease in infants and toddlers. | | | pneumoniae infects the upper respiratory tract and can cause pneumonia, as well as infections in other parts of the body such as in the bloodstream (bacteremia), lining of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis), bones (osteomyelitis), joints (arthritis), ears (otitis media) and sinuses (sinusitis). | | | There are two other vaccines that are currently recommended for use in all adults who are over the age of 65 as well as for high risk persons, including those with sickle cell disease, HIV infection or other immunocompromising conditions. |
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http://www.antigenics.com/diseases/streppneumo.html
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | Research on Streptococcus pneumoniae has been concerned with the analysis of the mechanism of the M phenotype of eythromycin resistance among Serotype 14 isolates. | | | A collection of clinical isolates of eythromycin sensitive and resitant pheontypes were examined using the small format 2D gel system developed in Aberdeen. | | | Further information on this study can be obtained from the Publication list. |
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http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~mmb023/strep/strepin.htm
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| | Medical Dictionary: Streptococcus pneumoniae disease - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Streptococcus pneumoniae disease: Another name for Pneumococcus (or close medical condition association). | | | Streptococcus pneumoniae disease (medical condition): Bacteria causing ear infections, pneumococcal pneumonia, and pneumococcal meningitis. | | | Streptococcus pneumoniae disease: Streptococcus pneumoniae disease is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Streptococcal infection |
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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/streptococcus_pneumoniae_disease.htm
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| | Dorlands Medical Dictionary |
| | MG any of a strain of biochemically and antigenically homogeneous, nonhemolytic streptococci of group F agglutinated by the sera of patients with mycoplasmal pneumonia. | | | It is the most common cause of lobar pneumonia and also causes numerous other serious acute pyogenic disorders, such as meningitis, septicemia, empyema, and peritonitis. | | | This species is the cause of septic sore throat, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, puerperal sepsis, a type of acute glomerulonephritis, and other conditions in humans. |
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| | Penicillin Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae |
| | Pneumoniae cause infections when the high natural resistance to them is reduced by abnormalities of the respiratory tract, intoxication with alcohol or drugs, abnormal circulation (such as heart failure or pulmonary congestion) or by various other mechanisms. | | | Pneumoniae is defined by the National Comittee for Clinical Laboratory Standards in America as those isolates that are only inhibited by penicillin concentrations greater than 2.0 µg/ml. | | | Pneumoniae is thought to be linked to use of intrauterine contraceptive devices. |
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http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session3/36/sp.htm
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococci |
| | pneumoniae is α hemolytic and there is no group antigen. | | | The organism often spreads causing bacteremia and meningitis. | | | The food becomes contaminated with the organism from human contact, grows and produces enterotoxin. |
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http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/fox/strep-staph.htm
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| | Streptococcus |
| | pneumoniae are often present in healthy throats and only develop into a serious infection when the host's defenses are depleted due to such factors as old age, illness (i.e. | | | The progression from latency to virulence is not well-understood, but the sequencing of the Streptococcus genomes is aiding researchers in understanding better the mechanisms of streptococci. | | | The capsule of Streptococcus pyogenes is chemically similar to that of it's host's connective tissue, and therefore, is nonantigenic, and it's cytoplasmic membrane has antigens similar to human cardiac skeletal and smooth muscle. |
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http://biology.kenyon.edu/Microbial_Biorealm/bacteria/gram-positive/streptococcus/streptococcus.htm?name=Streptococcaceae
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| | p000906a - Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Resistance |
| | Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of illness, and the emergence of drug-resistant strains threatens to complicate the management of pneumococcal infections. | | | We conducted a laboratory-based surveillance for drug-resistant S. pneumoniae among patients with invasive pneumococcal infections in Atlanta. | | | From January through October 1994, pneumococcal isolates from 431 patients with invasive disease in metropolitan Atlanta were serotyped and tested to determine their susceptibility to various antimicrobial agents. |
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http://www.emory.edu/WHSCL/grady/amreport/litsrch00/p000906a.html
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae OligoDetect®: 3014i |
| | The APC is used as a positive control for the amplification reaction. | | | A S. pneumoniae Amplification Positive Control (APC) and a S. pneumoniae Hybridization Positive Control (HPC) have been provided. | | | pneumoniae Amplification Positive Control - (Part No. 5733). |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | Rats can be asymtomatic carriers of this disease, which means that those that are infected could possibly spread this to other rats even though they themselves don't have any symptoms. | | | In the acutely infected rat the symptoms range from the usual pneumonia symptoms: sneezing, discharge from the nose and/or eyes, hunched posture, refusal to eat followed by weight loss, difficulty in breathing, depression, then death. | | | It can cause pneumococcal meningitis and pneumococcal pneumonia in humans. |
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| | Disease Listing, Streptococcus pneumonia, Technical Info CDC Bacterial, Mycotic Diseases |
| | pneumoniae and all invasive disease in children <5 years old has been mandated in several states. | | | A nationwide system tracks invasive disease occurring in children <5 years who have been vaccinated. | | | More than 90 serotypes exist; of strains causing invasive disease, 88% are serotypes included in the 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine. |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae PIML |
| | Description: This is a cryptic plasmids isolated from clinical strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. | | | It was isolated 74 years apart from the cryptic plasmid pDP1 and were found to be essentially identical in their nucleotide sequence (3). | | | It was isolated 74 years apart from the cryptic plasmid pSMB1 and were found to be essentially identical in their nucleotide sequence (3). |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular loci page is provided by The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, as part of a microbial sequencing effort focusing on pathogens and model organisms. | | | The Streptococcus pneumoniae genome page is provided by The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, as part of a microbial sequencing effort focusing on pathogens and model organisms. | | | Gene pairs for Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 is provided by The Institute of Genome Research (TIGR) as part of their "Predicting operons in microbial genomes" resource. |
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| | Streptococcus Pneumoniae |
| | Comment: NCCLS recommends that all invasive S. pneumoniae isolates that are found to be "possibly resistant" to beta-lactams (i.e., an oxacillin zone size of <20mm) by oxacillin screening should undergo further susceptibility testing using a quantitative MIC method acceptable for penicillin, extended spectrum cephalosporins, and other drugs as clinically indicated. | | | Confirmed: A clinically compatible case caused by laboratory-confirmed S. pneumoniae identified as "non-susceptible" according to MIC interpretive breakpoints as outlined in NCCLS guidelines for susceptibility testing to any antimicrobial agent currently approved for use in treating pneumococcal infection*. | | | Although S. pneumoniae infections involving other normally sterile sites such as joint, pleural, or peritoneal fluid are sometimes considered invasive, these infections are not intended for inclusion under this surveillance system. |
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http://wdhfs.state.wy.us/dx_criteria/streppneu.htm
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| | S. pneumoniae Genome Diversity Project |
| | This sequencing project is examining the genetic diversity of several strains within Streptococcus pneumoniae. |
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http://genome.microbio.uab.edu/strep
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| | Pneumococcus |
| | Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a bacteria that causes many different kinds of infections in people, ranging from ear infections and sinus infections to pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis. | | | And it's a pretty common bug to be infected with: pneumococci are the most common cause of ear infections and sinus infections, as well as the most common bacteria found in the blood of children under 2 years old with fevers, many of whom have no obvious site of infection. | | | Although the names (and bacterial genuses) are similar, S. pneumoniae is quite different from group A streptococcus (the bacteria that causes strep throat and rheumatic fever). |
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| | S. Pneumo |
| | pneumoniae is greatly enhanced by the addition of bile or sodium deoxycholate to a broth culture (bile solubility test). | | | pneumoniae is most infectious during the course of other infections. | | | Type 1-8 pneumococci are responsible for about 75% of the reported adult cases and nearly half of all fatalities (usually bacterial pneumonia). |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 Genome |
| | The diagnosis and treatment of Streptococcus pneumoniae can be performed only by a physician or qualified health care professional. | | | The electron micrograph is provided by Dr. Alexander Thomaz, from "Streptococcus pneumoniae Molecular Biology and Mechanisms of Disease" Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers, NY, 2000. | | | 2001 The genome of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae strain R6. |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | pneumoniae can cause pneumonia or secondary meningitis and is the leading cause of invasive bacterial disease in children and the elderly. | | | pneumoniae is surprisingly a normal inhabitant of the human upper respiratory tract. | | | Disclaimer: This information is presented as interesting bits of information is not meant for any other purpose! |
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| | streptococcus pneumoniae - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) : MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info] | | | streptococcus pneumoniae : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info] | | | We found 4 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word streptococcus pneumoniae: |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen with an estimated annual worldwide mortality rate of several million, in the same range as that of tuberculosis. | | | Antibiotic-resistant strains of this bacterium have recently become more widespread throughout the world, posing serious challenges to chemotherapy. |
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| | Generic Cipro |
| | Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria, such as pneumonia; gonorrhea; infectious diarrhea; typhoid fever; inhalational anthrax (after exposure); and bone, joint, skin, and urinary tract infections. | | | Antibiotics will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. | | | - It can be successfully used for urinary tract infection or pneumonia problems. |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | How will the mass of complex agents change in response to vaccine induced resistance? | | | the set of strains causing otitis overlaps but differs from strains causing adult pneumonia |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | Potter would have had blood-tinged sputum and the bronchoalveolar lavage would have revealed many gram positive, lancet-shaped diplococci. | | | Potter didn't exhibit the shaking chills you generally see with Streptococcus pneumoniae. |
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| | DRUG-RESISTANT STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE (DRSP) DISEASE |
| | Drug-resistant pneumococci cause at least 15000 cases of meningitis, 7,000 cases of sepsis/bacteremia, 150,000 cases of pneumonia, and over 1,000,000 cases of otitis media annually. | | | While 90 serotypes exist, four serotypes (6B, 14, 19, 23F) account for most disease and drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP) strains |
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 Genome |
| | Circular representation of the Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 genome | | | Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 substrate transport, carbohydrate and glutamine metabolism, and selected categories of cell surface proteins |
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http://www.streppneumoniae.com/SpR6.asp
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| | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| | The article has been moved to a new website. | | | Please go to Streptococcus pneumoniae and pneumococcal pneumonia |
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