Fleming found that his "mold juice" was capable of killing a wide range of bacteria, such as streptococcus, meningococcus, and the diphtheria bacillus. He renamed his serendipitous discovery ...

Ms Alderton added: 'When I woke up a few days later I was still pretty out of it but was told I had bacterial meningococcus or meningitis. 'It was one of a very few cases the hospital had ever seen.' ...

Streptococcus A was suspected in one case of EM (case 14), and meningococcus C in one case of SJS (case 34), although the girl had received drugs before the onset of cutaneous signs. Six cases (three ...

If you're in college and you're a young adult, you might need a vaccine because you're going to be exposed to certain things in your particular setting, such as meningococcus vaccinations” for people ...

Sanofi’s jump in earnings comes with an increased emphasis on R&D and vaccines, plus an eye cast toward M&A to shore up its pipeline.

Infectious diseases contribute significantly to the disease burden in elderly people. Septic arthritis is an important cause of musculoskeletal infection with high morbidity and mortality arising ...

Correspondence to: Prof. M Levin, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; m.levin{at}ic.ac.uk Neisseria ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(2):237-244.

The quest for a licensed effective vaccine against malaria remains a global priority. Even though classical vaccine design strategies have been successful for some viral and bacterial pathogens, ...