streptococcal
IPA: strɛptʌkˈɔkʌɫ
adjective
- Relating to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus.
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Examples of "streptococcal" in Sentences
- Strep throat is also referred to as streptococcal pharyngitis.
- I've read so much information regarding pneumococcal/streptococcal bacteria since that time.
- He said it was a streptococcal infection Strep B that had created adhesions and that I could forget about having children.
- • Antistreptolysin O (ASO) Antibodies: ASO Antibodies are used to determine exposure to streptococcal streptolysin O bacteria.
- Less than twenty-four hours later, Felicia died of what was eventually determined to be streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, in which a common bacterial infection becomes extremely invasive and causes damage to the vital organs.
- Recent work refutes the long-standing theory that influenza was involved, and examination of the few modern cases has established a likely cause: autoimmune reaction when antibodies to a certain streptococcal infection bind to brain proteins.
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