The PneuCarriage Project: A Multi-Centre Comparative Study to Identify the Best Serotyping Methods for Examining Pneumococcal Carriage in Vaccine Evaluation Studies

Single-Plex Quantitative Assays for the Detection and Quantification of Most Pneumococcal Serotypes

(2015) Fuminori Sakai et al.   PLoS One

Genomic Load from Sputum Samples and Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Adults

(2014) W. C. Albrich et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal Carriage in Sub-Saharan Africa—A Systematic Review

(2014) Effua Usuf et al.   PLoS One

Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Other Respiratory Bacterial Pathogens in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2014) Richard A. Adegbola et al.   PLoS One

Pneumococcal colonisation density: a new marker for disease severity in HIV-infected adults with pneumonia

(2014) W. C. Albrich et al.   BMJ Open

Optimal Serotype Compositions for Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination under Serotype Replacement

(2014) Markku Nurhonen et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Using Pneumococcal Carriage Data to Monitor Postvaccination Changes in Invasive Disease

(2013) Daniel M. Weinberger et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

PCR-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Direct Detection of Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance from Heart Valves in Patients with Infective Endocarditis

(2013) C. L. Brinkman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Field Evaluation of Culture plus Latex Sweep Serotyping for Detection of Multiple Pneumococcal Serotype Colonisation in Infants and Young Children

(2013) Paul Turner et al.   PLoS One

Colonisation endpoints in Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine trials

(2013) Kari Auranen et al.   VACCINE

Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on nasopharyngeal carriage and invasive disease among unvaccinated people: Review of evidence on indirect effects

(2013) Stephanie M. Davis et al.   VACCINE

Standard method for detecting upper respiratory carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Updated recommendations from the World Health Organization Pneumococcal Carriage Working Group

(2013) Catherine Satzke et al.   VACCINE

Serotype-Specific Changes in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction: A Pooled Analysis of Multiple Surveillance Sites

(2013) Daniel R. Feikin et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract

(2013) Maria da Gloria Carvalho et al.   PeerJ

Rates of Acquisition of Pneumococcal Colonization and Transmission Probabilities, by Serotype, Among Newborn Infants in Kilifi District, Kenya

(2012) C. C. Tigoi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The fundamental link between pneumococcal carriage and disease

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

Sequential Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detecting 21 Pneumococcal Capsular Serotypes That Account for a High Global Disease Burden

(2012) F. C. Pimenta et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

From Quellung to Multiplex PCR, and Back When Needed, in Pneumococcal Serotyping

(2012) L. Siira et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Serotype Analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Lung and Nasopharyngeal Aspirates from Children in the Gambia by MassTag PCR: Table 1

(2012) Rafal Tokarz et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Concurrent Serotyping and Genotyping of Pneumococci by Use of PCR and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

(2012) Christian Massire et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sequetyping: Serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae by a Single PCR Sequencing Strategy

(2012) M. H. Leung et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Serotype replacement after pneumococcal vaccination

(2012) Kim Mulholland et al.   LANCET

The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Pneumococcal Colonization of the Nasopharynx among Children in Kilifi District, Kenya

(2012) Osman Abdullahi et al.   PLoS One

Decrease in Pneumococcal Co-Colonization following Vaccination with the Seven-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

(2012) Carina Valente et al.   PLoS One

A Longitudinal Study of Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage in a Cohort of Infants and Their Mothers on the Thailand-Myanmar Border

(2012) Paul Turner et al.   PLoS One

Immunogenicity following the first and second doses of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected and -uninfected infants

(2012) Shabir A. Madhi et al.   VACCINE

Empirical Bayesian models for analysing molecular serotyping microarrays

(2011) Richard Newton et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

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

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

The adaptive potential during nasopharyngeal colonisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) Marcus H.Y. Leung et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Use of Mass Spectrometry

(2011) Eileen M. Dunne et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Improved Detection of Nasopharyngeal Cocolonization by Multiple Pneumococcal Serotypes by Use of Latex Agglutination or Molecular Serotyping by Microarray

(2011) P. Turner et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Serotype replacement in disease after pneumococcal vaccination

(2011) Daniel M Weinberger et al.   LANCET

B G@Sbase--a microbial gene expression and comparative genomic database

(2011) A. A. Witney et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Revisiting Pneumococcal Carriage by Use of Broth Enrichment and PCR Techniques for Enhanced Detection of Carriage and Serotypes

(2010) M. d. G. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal Serotypes Causing Pneumonia with Pleural Effusion in Pediatric Patients

(2010) J. Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Development of a sensitive, multiplexed immunoassay using xMAP beads for detection of serotype-specific Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in urine samples

(2010) C. L. Sheppard et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

Multiple Colonization with S. pneumoniae before and after Introduction of the Seven-Valent Conjugated Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine

(2010) Silvio D. Brugger et al.   PLoS One

Hyporesponsiveness to re-challenge dose following pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine at 12 months of age, a randomized controlled trial

(2010) F.M. Russell et al.   VACCINE

Simple, Accurate, Serotype-Specific PCR Assay To Differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes 6A, 6B, and 6C

(2009) P. Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain Cocolonization in the Nasopharynx

(2009) S. D. Brugger et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rarely Occurring 19A-Like cps Locus from a Serotype 19F Pneumococcal Isolate Indicates Continued Need of Serology-Based Quality Control for PCR-Based Serotype Determinations

(2009) F. C. Pimenta et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Burden of disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in children younger than 5 years: global estimates

(2009) Katherine L O'Brien et al.   LANCET

The Descriptive Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Children and Adults in Kilifi District, Kenya

(2009) Osman Abdullahi et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Competitive Inhibition Flow Analysis Assay for the Non-Culture-Based Detection and Serotyping of Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide

(2008) H. Findlow et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Gambian Infants: A Longitudinal Study

(2008) P. C. Hill et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effect of Swab Composition and Use of Swabs versus Swab-Containing Skim Milk-Tryptone-Glucose-Glycerol (STGG) on Culture- or PCR-Based Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Simulated and Clinical Respiratory Specimens in STGG Transport Medium

(2008) L. G. Rubin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A rapid pneumococcal serotyping system based on monoclonal antibodies and PCR

(2008) J. Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

An easy method for detection of nasopharyngeal carriage of multiple Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes

(2008) Margit S. Kaltoft et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Identification of Serotype in Culture Negative Pneumococcal Meningitis Using Sequential Multiplex PCR: Implication for Surveillance and Vaccine Design

(2008) Samir K. Saha et al.   PLoS One