TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guangchun Bai
AU  - Jorge Eugenio Vidal
AB  - Streptococcus pneumoniae has been for decades the number one bacterial killer of children in the world. Although vaccination with pneumococcal vaccines [PCV7, PCV10, and PCV13 (children) or PPSV23 (adults)] has helped decrease the burden of pneumococcal disease (PD), mortality remains high. Therefore, pathogenesis studies are still key toward our understanding of PD and its control. The introduction of pneumococcal vaccines has also created a niche for vaccine-escape clones. Moreover, the rise of multi-drug resistant clones around the world has also posed a serious threat in recent years. The proposed special issue of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology highlights many of the recent advances that have been made in pneumococcal pathogenesis, colonization and antibiotic resistance by groups in Latino America, Europe, and the USA.
DO  - 10.3389/978-2-88945-278-1
ID  - OAPEN ID: 25588
KW  - pathogenesis
KW  - macrophages
KW  - co-infection
KW  - gene regulation
KW  - biofilm
KW  - drug resistance
KW  - microbial
KW  - Streptococcus pneumoniae
L1  - https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/3931/molecular-pathogenesis-of-pneumococus
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53854
PB  - Frontiers Media SA
PY  - 2017
SN  - 9782889452781
TI  - Molecular Pathogenesis of Pneumococcusnull
ER  - 
