"Streptococcus pneumoniae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A gram-positive organism found in the upper respiratory tract, inflammatory exudates, and various body fluids of normal and/or diseased humans and, rarely, domestic animals.
| Descriptor ID |
D013296
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.353.750.737.872.550 B03.510.400.800.872.550 B03.510.550.737.872.550
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Streptococcus pneumoniae" by people in Profiles.
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Molecular diagnosis of central nervous system opportunistic infections in HIV-infected Zambian adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun; 58(12):1771-7.
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Increasing antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing children attending day-care centres in Singapore. Respirology. 2011 Nov; 16(8):1241-8.
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Pneumococcal carriage and resistance in children attending day care centers in Singapore in an early era of PCV-7 uptake. J Infect. 2010 Jun; 60(6):507-9.
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Possible overestimation of penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization rates due to misidentification of oropharyngeal streptococci. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 Apr; 42(4):263-8.
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Levels of proinflammatory cytokines in plasma after pneumoccoccal immunization in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 1999 May; 6(3):427-8.
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Coisolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Hameophilus influenzae from middle ear fluid and sputum: effect on MIC results. J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Jan; 37(1):277.
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In vitro activity of A-56268 (TE-031), a new macrolide, compared with that of erythromycin and clindamycin against selected gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1987 Feb; 31(2):328-30.