Streptococcus pneumoniae

"Streptococcus pneumoniae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A gram-positive organism found in the upper respiratory tract, inflammatory exudates, and various body fluids of normal and/or diseased humans and, rarely, domestic animals.

Descriptor ID	D013296
MeSH Number(s)	B03.353.750.737.872.550 B03.510.400.800.872.550 B03.510.550.737.872.550
Concept/Terms	Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae Diplococcus pneumoniae Pneumococcus

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Streptococcus pneumoniae".

Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Firmicutes [B03.353]
Lactobacillales [B03.353.750]
Streptococcaceae [B03.353.750.737]
Streptococcus [B03.353.750.737.872]
Streptococcus pneumoniae [B03.353.750.737.872.550]
Gram-Positive Bacteria [B03.510]
Gram-Positive Cocci [B03.510.400]
Streptococcaceae [B03.510.400.800]
Streptococcus [B03.510.400.800.872]
Streptococcus pneumoniae [B03.510.400.800.872.550]
Lactobacillales [B03.510.550]
Streptococcaceae [B03.510.550.737]
Streptococcus [B03.510.550.737.872]
Streptococcus pneumoniae [B03.510.550.737.872.550]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Streptococcus pneumoniae".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Streptococcus pneumoniae".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Streptococcus pneumoniae" by people in this website by year, and whether "Streptococcus pneumoniae" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 21 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2001 and 2006 and 2009 and 2011 and 2017 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2001	1	1	2
2004	1	0	1
2006	2	0	2
2008	0	1	1
2009	2	0	2
2010	0	1	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	2	0	2
2021	2	0	2
2024	1	0	1
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Streptococcus pneumoniae" by people in Profiles.

Yee ME, Abel L, Kalmus G, Patel A, Elmontser M, Bakshi N, Wang YF, Gonzalez MD, Adamkiewicz TV, Yildirim I, Lane PA. Clinical Features and Outcomes of Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Children With Sickle Cell Disease in the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Sep; 72(9):e31881.

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Payne AB, Gierke R, Xing W, McGee L, Hulihan M, Adamkiewicz TV, Kobayashi M. Prevention of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Black or African American Children With and Without Sickle Cell Disease in the United States After Introduction of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, 2005 Through 2019. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Mar; 72(3):e31467.

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Shute T, Amiel E, Alam N, Yates JL, Mohrs K, Dudley E, Salas B, Mesa C, Serrata A, Angel D, Vincent BK, Weyers A, Lanthier PA, Vomhof-Dekrey E, Fromme R, Laughlin M, Durham O, Miao J, Shipp D, Linhardt RJ, Nash K, Leadbetter EA. Glycolipid-Containing Nanoparticle Vaccine Engages Invariant NKT Cells to Enhance Humoral Protection against Systemic Bacterial Infection but Abrogates T-Independent Vaccine Responses. J Immunol. 2021 04 15; 206(8):1806-1816.

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Malik TM, Mohammed-Awel J, Gumel AB, Elbasha EH. Mathematical assessment of the impact of cohort vaccination on pneumococcal carriage and serotype replacement. J Biol Dyn. 2021 05; 15(sup1):S214-S247.

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Dou M, Sanjay ST, Dominguez DC, Zhan S, Li X. A paper/polymer hybrid CD-like microfluidic SpinChip integrated with DNA-functionalized graphene oxide nanosensors for multiplex qLAMP detection. Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Oct 03; 53(79):10886-10889.

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Chai MH, Weiland F, Harvey RM, Hoffmann P, Ogunniyi AD, Paton JC. Proteomic comparisons of opaque and transparent variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae by two dimensional-differential gel electrophoresis. Sci Rep. 2017 05 26; 7(1):2453.

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Dou M, Sanjay ST, Dominguez DC, Liu P, Xu F, Li X. Multiplexed instrument-free meningitis diagnosis on a polymer/paper hybrid microfluidic biochip. Biosens Bioelectron. 2017 Jan 15; 87:865-873.

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Singh R, Gupta P, Sharma PK, Ades EW, Hollingshead SK, Singh S, Lillard JW. Prediction and characterization of helper T-cell epitopes from pneumococcal surface adhesin A. Immunology. 2014 Apr; 141(4):514-30.

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Choudhury SA, Ladson G, Kabir MS. Evaluation of serotype-specific immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae in pregnant women and cord blood of infants: impact of race and ethnicity. J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 May-Jun; 104(5-6):251-7.

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Singh R, Singh S, Briles DE, Taub DD, Hollingshead SK, Lillard JW. CCL5-independent helper T lymphocyte responses to immuno-dominant pneumococcal surface protein A epitopes. Vaccine. 2012 Feb 01; 30(6):1181-90.

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