Scientific study
PLoS One
2020
Pneumococcal colonization prevalence and density among Thai children with severe pneumonia and community controls
Barameht Piralam, Christine Prosperi, Somsak Thamthitiwat, Charatdao Bunthi, Pongpun Sawatwong, Ornuma Sangwichian, Melissa M. Higdon, Nora L. Watson, Maria Deloria Knoll, Wantana Paveenkittiporn, Chuwattana Chara, Cameron P. Hurst, Pasakorn Akarasewi, Julia Rhodes, Susan A. Maloney, Katherine L. O’Brien, Henry C. Baggett
Scientific study
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2018
Prevalence and clinical significance of respiratory viruses and bacteria detected in tuberculosis patients compared to household contact controls in Tanzania: a cohort study
Mhimbira F.
Scientific study
Sultan Qaboos University Med Journal
2020
Nasopharyngeal Isolates from a Cohort of medical students with or without pharyngitis
Hassib Narchi
Scientific study
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
2021
Laboratory evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia plus panel compared to conventional methods for the identification of bacteria in lower respiratory tract specimens: a prospective cross-sectional study from South Africa
Barend Mitton
Scientific study
PLoS One
2018
Increased carriage of non-vaccine serotypes with low invasive disease potential four years after switching to the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in The Netherlands
Marloes Vissers
Scientific study
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2021
Scientific study
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2018
Performance of TEM-PCR vs Culture for Bacterial Identification in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections
James B. Wood
Scientific study
Plos One
2016
Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Carriage among Healthy Children in Cyprus Post Widespread Simultaneous Implementation of PCV10 and PCV13 Vaccines
Adamos Hadjipanayis
Scientific study
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
2018
Development of a melting-curve based multiplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Streptococcus agalactiae and genes encoding resistance to macrolides and lincosamides
Eliane Saori Otaguiri
Scientific study
Plos One
2019
Bacterial causes of otitis media with spontaneous perforation of the tympanic membrane in the era of 13 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Corinne Levy
Scientific study
Plos one
2024
Serotype epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of pneumococcal isolates colonizing infants in Botswana (2016–2019)
et al.
Microbiology Time
August 1, 2024
Microbiology Time – August 2024
To select this month’s studies, we’ve traveled to three continents with an epidemiology study on pneumococcus in Botswana, an update on the British HPV screening program YouScreen, and an E. coli sequencing project in Pakistan.
