Pneumococcal colonisation is an asymptomatic event in healthy adults using an experimental human colonisation model
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229558
Abstract: Introduction Pneumococcal colonisation is regarded as a pre-requisite for developing pneumococcal disease. In children previous studies have reported pneumococcal colonisation to be a symptomatic event and described a relationship between symptom severity/frequency and colonisation density.… read more here.
Keywords: healthy adults; nasal; pneumococcal colonisation; colonisation ... See more keywords
The metabolic, microbial and immunological demands of pneumococcal colonisation
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013675
Abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) causes a range of life-threatening diseases including pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. Despite widespread vaccine deployment, pneumococcal disease remains a leading cause of global mortality. The human nasopharynx is its principal ecological… read more here.
Keywords: metabolic microbial; immunological demands; pneumococcal colonisation; microbial immunological ... See more keywords