Pneumococcus

Protection against pneumococcus is mediated by antibodies directed against the pneumococcal polysaccharide. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(link) One pneumococcus is enough to spoil a party, alas. ❋ Mrissa (2010)

A bacteria called pneumococcus that accounts for about 1.5 million worldwide deaths each year on its own, is one of the most common bacterial causes of these pneumonia cases. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By studying the lungs of 77 patients that died from confirmed H1N1 flu, they were able to document the involvement of bacteria from 29% of the patients, and one bacterium, called pneumococcus, was responsible for almost half of the bacterial infections. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pneumococcus Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcus, kills more than 1 million children a year around the world. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And the extra one we want to talk about is pneumococcus, which is a dangerous bacterial infection. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It is a tiny, inoffensive-looking little organism, of an oval or lance-head shape, which, after masquerading under as many aliases as a confidence man, has finally come to be called the pneumococcus, for short, or "lung germ." ❋ Woods Hutchinson (1896)

China, we also developed the 24-valent PPV to cover one more serotype of pneumococcus, which is one of the top three most prevalent pneumococcus bacteria in China, and therefore has the potential to provide more extensive vaccine protection to the Chinese population.

"Streptococcus pneumoniae, commonly known as pneumococcus, is responsible for half the cases of bacterial meningitis in humans," said the study's senior author, Victor Nizet, ❋ Unknown (2009)

Remember, bacteria such as pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) can also cause meningitis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As more people in the community are immunized against a particular type of bacteria, such as pneumococcus, there are fewer opportunities for the bacteria to reproduce and infect others. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Other vaccines such as pneumococcus and varicella (chickenpox) are currently given individually, but new combinations are being studied. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In young children, it used to be the third leading cause of meningitis after H. flu and S. pneumoniae "pneumococcus" although it's been bumped up to second now that H. flu is gone the way of the dodo. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2007)

Probably not, since the pneumonia vaccine protects against only one particular bacterium pneumococcus, which is not the one that usually strikes people after they’ve developed the flu. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Any delay of vaccines increases the likelihood that children will develop controllable diseases such as pneumococcus, pertussis, and chickenpox, Offit says, and the evidence that vaccines work is overwhelming. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pneumonia - pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae  ( "pneumococcus") Haemophilus influenzae  ❋ Unknown (2009)