Review of bioaerosols in indoor environment with special reference to sampling, analysis and control mechanisms

B Ghosh, H Lal, A Srivastava - Environment international, 2015 - Elsevier
Several tiny organisms of various size ranges present in air are called airborne particles or
bioaerosol which mainly includes live or dead fungi and bacteria, their secondary …

Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other Mitis streptococci: importance of molecular methods

E Sadowy, W Hryniewicz - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & …, 2020 - Springer
The Mitis group of streptococci includes an important human pathogen, Streptococcus
pneumoniae (pneumococcus) and about 20 other related species with much lower …

Particle size distribution of airborne microorganisms and pathogens during an intense African dust event in the eastern Mediterranean

PN Polymenakou, M Mandalakis… - Environmental …, 2008 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background The distribution of microorganisms, and especially pathogens, over airborne
particles of different sizes has been ignored to a large extent, but it could have significant …

lytA-based identification methods can misidentify Streptococcus pneumoniae

AS Simões, DA Tavares, D Rolo, C Ardanuy… - … and infectious disease, 2016 - Elsevier
During surveillance studies we detected, among over 1500 presumptive pneumococci, 11
isolates displaying conflicting or novel results when characterized by widely accepted …

Novel molecular method for identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae applicable to clinical microbiology and 16S rRNA sequence-based microbiome studies

CFP Scholz, K Poulsen, M Kilian - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The close phylogenetic relationship of the important pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae
and several species of commensal streptococci, particularly Streptococcus mitis and …

Identification of clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates among other alpha and nonhemolytic streptococci by use of the Vitek MS matrix-assisted laser desorption …

D Dubois, C Segonds, MF Prere, N Marty… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Discrimination between Streptococcus pneumoniae and its close relatives of the viridans
group is a common difficulty in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight …

Accuracy of Phenotypic Methods for Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Included in Surveillance Programs

SS Richter, KP Heilmann, CL Dohrn… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Similarities between Streptococcus pneumoniae and viridans group streptococci may result
in misidentification of these organisms. In surveillance programs which assess antimicrobial …

Streptococcus mitis as a New Emerging Pathogen in Pediatric Age: Case Report and Systematic Review

C Colomba, V Garbo, G Boncori, C Albano, S Bagarello… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Streptococcus mitis, a normal inhabitant of the oral cavity, is a member of Viridans Group
Streptococci (VGS). Generally recognized as a causative agent of invasive diseases in …

Disease Isolates of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and Non-Typeable S. pneumoniae Presumptively Identified as Atypical S. pneumoniae in Spain

D Rolo, A S. Simões, A Domenech, A Fenoll… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We aimed to obtain insights on the nature of a collection of isolates presumptively identified
as atypical Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from invasive and non-invasive infections …

Identification and molecular epidemiology of routinely determined Streptococcus pneumoniae with negative Quellung reaction results

J Jia, W Shi, F Dong, Q Meng, L Yuan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Some streptococci strains identified as Streptococcus pneumoniae (S.
pneumoniae) by routine clinical methods exhibiting negative Quellung reaction results may …