PspA Family Distribution, Antimicrobial Resistance and Serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Japan

The Absence of PspA or Presence of Antibody to PspA Facilitates the Complement-Dependent Phagocytosis of PneumococciIn Vitro

(2012) Bing Ren et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Distribution and clonal relationship of cell surface virulence genes among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Japan

(2010) S. Imai et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Secretory-IgA Antibodies Play an Important Role in the Immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Y. Fukuyama et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Protection against nasal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae by parenteral immunization with a DNA vaccine encoding PspA (Pneumococcal surface protein A)

(2010) Daniela M. Ferreira et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Diversity of pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) among prevalent clones in Spain

(2009) Dora Rolo et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Rationale for Revised Penicillin Susceptibility Breakpoints versusStreptococcus pneumoniae:Coping with Antimicrobial Susceptibility in an Era of Resistance

(2009) Melvin P. Weinstein et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Serotype and antibiotic resistance of isolates from patients with invasive pneumococcal disease in Japan

(2009) N. CHIBA et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Nationwide surveillance of bacterial respiratory pathogens conducted by the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy in 2007: general view of the pathogens’ antibacterial susceptibility

(2009) Y. Niki et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Pneumococcal Meningitis

(2009) Heather E. Hsu et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Serotype Coverage of Invasive and Mucosal Pneumococcal Disease in Israeli Children Younger Than 3 Years by Various Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines

(2009) Dror S. Shouval et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

SURVEY OF NONSUSCEPTIBLE NASOPHARYNGEAL STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE ISOLATES IN CHILDREN ATTENDING DAY-CARE CENTERS IN BRAZIL

(2009) Caritas M. Franco et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Distribution of Pneumococcal Surface Protein A Families 1 and 2 among Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Children in Finland Who Had Acute Otitis Media or Were Nasopharyngeal Carriers

(2008) M. M. Melin et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Serotype Distribution and Penicillin Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Middle Ear Fluids of Pediatric Patients with Acute Otitis Media in Japan

(2008) M. Hotomi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clinical bacteriology and immunology in acute otitis media in children

(2008) Noboru Yamanaka et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The first nationwide surveillance of bacterial respiratory pathogens conducted by the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy. Part 1: a general view of antibacterial susceptibility

(2008) Y. Niki et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines on antibiotic resistance

(2008) Ron Dagan et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Emergence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Caused by Nonvaccine Serotypes in the Era of 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine

(2007) C. Munoz-Almagro et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES