Periodic Reporting for period 1 - StreptoMANIAC (Cost and benefit of beta-lactam resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: interplay between the resistance determinants and the cell elongation/division components)

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is one of the most important human pathogens that can cause a broad spectrum of diseases such as otitis media, pneumonia, bacteraemia and meningitis. Pneumococcal diseases lead to over a million deaths per year and especially the...