High Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density, Increased by Viral Coinfection, Is Associated With Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Temporal Association in Hospitalizations for Tuberculosis, Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Influenza Virus Illness in South African Children

(2014) Ziyaad Dangor et al.   PLoS One

Seasonal Drivers of Pneumococcal Disease Incidence: Impact of Bacterial Carriage and Viral Activity

(2013) Daniel M. Weinberger et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Hospitalizations Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected South African Children, 2010-2011

(2013) J. Moyes et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

HIV and Influenza Virus Infections Are Associated With Increased Blood Pneumococcal Load: A Prospective, Hospital-Based Observational Study in South Africa, 2009-2011

(2013) N. Wolter et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Temporal Changes in Pneumococcal Colonization in a Rural African Community With High HIV Prevalence Following Routine Infant Pneumococcal Immunization

(2013) Susan A. Nzenze et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Effect of Age and Vaccination With a Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on the Density of Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage

(2012) A. Roca et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Preliminary Study of Pneumonia Etiology Among Hospitalized Children in Kenya

(2012) Laura L. Hammitt et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Co-infection subverts mucosal immunity in the upper respiratory tract

(2012) Rebeccah S Lijek et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

The fundamental link between pneumococcal carriage and disease

(2012) Birgit Simell et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: prevalence and risk factors in HIV-positive children in Tanzania

(2012) Laura Anthony et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Potential Nonpneumococcal Confounding of PCR-Based Determination of Serotype in Carriage

(2012) M. d. G. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Respiratory Viral Coinfections Identified by a 10-Plex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Illness—South Africa, 2009–2010

(2012) Marthi A Pretorius et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pre-Vaccination Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Carriage in a Nigerian Population: Epidemiology and Population Biology

(2012) Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa et al.   PLoS One

Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage in the Gaza Strip

(2012) Gili Regev-Yochay et al.   PLoS One

Associations between Pathogens in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Young Children: Interplay between Viruses and Bacteria

(2012) Menno R. van den Bergh et al.   PLoS One

Increased Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Titers and Local Inflammation Facilitate Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2012) K. R. Short et al.   mBio

Respiratory viral and pneumococcal coinfection of the respiratory tract: implications of pneumococcal vaccination

(2012) David Paul Moore et al.   Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Use of a Rapid Test of Pneumococcal Colonization Density to Diagnose Pneumococcal Pneumonia

(2011) W. C. Albrich et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Viruses and bacteria in sputum samples of children with community-acquired pneumonia

(2011) M. Honkinen et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Synergistic stimulation of type I interferons during influenza virus coinfection promotes Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in mice

(2011) Shigeki Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Pneumococcal DNA is not detectable in the blood of healthy carrier children by real-time PCR targeting the lytA gene

(2011) C. Azzari et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of respiratory bacterial pathogens in children and adults: cross-sectional surveys in a population with high rates of pneumococcal disease

(2010) Grant A Mackenzie et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Community‐Acquired Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children: Diagnosis and Serotyping by Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Blood Samples

(2010) Massimo Resti et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Influenza Enhances Susceptibility to Natural Acquisition of and Disease due toStreptococcus pneumoniaein Ferrets

(2010) Jonathan A. McCullers et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Association Between Nasopharyngeal Load of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Viral Coinfection, and Radiologically Confirmed Pneumonia in Vietnamese Children

(2010) Huong Thi Thu Vu et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Realtime PCR Is More Sensitive than Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis and Serotyping in Children with Culture Negative Pneumococcal Invasive Disease

(2010) Chiara Azzari et al.   PLoS One

Etiology of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia: Increased Microbiological Yield with New Diagnostic Methods

(2009) Niclas Johansson et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The role of complement in innate and adaptive immunity to pneumococcal colonization and sepsis in a murine model

(2009) D. Bogaert et al.   VACCINE

Molecular Diagnostics for Detection of Bacterial and Viral Pathogens in Community‐Acquired Pneumonia

(2008) Frederick S. Nolte   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive pneumococcal and meningococcal disease: association with influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus activity?

(2008) A. G. S. C. JANSEN et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection onStreptococcus pneumoniaeColonization and Seroepidemiology among Zambian Women

(2008) C. J. Gill et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

(2008) David M. Morens et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Seasonal Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children: Role of Preceding Respiratory Viral Infection

(2008) K. Ampofo et al.   PEDIATRICS