In a recent multicenter prospective study conducted at three hospitals in Tennessee and Georgia, including Vanderbilt ...

For decades, doctors have worked to protect people from Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacterium responsible for pneumonia, ...

Pfizer has launched its 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20) in India, offering single-dose protection against 20 ...

A next-generation pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV20, a single-dose protection is now available in India marking a new ...

Pfizer’s PCV20 offers single-shot protection against 20 pneumococcal serotypes, safeguarding adults from serious respiratory ...

Among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in Georgia and Tennessee, 14% had pneumococcal pneumonia.

Single-dose PCV20 approved for adults 18 years and older, covering 20 pneumococcal serotypes, including both invasive and non ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae remains one of the most frequent bacterial causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, causing a range of diseases including invasive infections such as bacteremia with ...

Study: Streptococcus pneumoniae re-emerges as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia, including frequent co-infection with SARS-CoV-2, in Germany, 2021. Image Credit: ThSucho/Shutterstock ...

New research has uncovered exactly how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae has become resistant to the antibiotic penicillin. The same research could also open up MRSA to attack by penicillin ...