Insights into multidrug-resistant pneumococcal infections using comparative genomics
The bacterium known as pneumococcus is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord), community-acquired pneumonia (lung infections), and bacteremia (bacteria in the blood) in the world. Globally, these infections are estimated to result in 1.1 million deaths, and in the United States they are one of the top [...]