streptococci

IPA: strɛptʌkˈɔtʃi

noun

  • spherical gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
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Examples of "streptococci" in Sentences

  • Streptococci are catalase negative.
  • Thanks for the helpful article on Streptococci.
  • Non hemolytic streptococci rarely cause illness.
  • Streptococci make up a large part of oral bacteria.
  • Would Miss Adelaide really say "streptococci," he asked?
  • Just like other streptococci, they are catalase negative.
  • A note on a lytic phenomenon shown by group B streptococci.
  • Dried streptococci in the air are not infectious to intact skin.
  • These streptococci are usually but not exclusively beta hemolytic.
  • As the streptococci are now resistant to penicillin the treatment fails.
  • Commonly involved species include streptococci, staphylococci and hemophilus.
  • In direct smears they may be coccoid, so they can be mistaken for streptococci.
  • He buys some penicillin and gives himself, not enough to kill the streptococci but enough to educate them to resist penicillin.
  • The trick is to inoculate one's self with a minute dose of the streptococci of existentialism—like a vaccination—before the fever sets in.
  • Benzylpenicillin is an antibiotic used to treat skin infections including group B streptococci, which is commonly known as strep B and can cause serious illness and death.
  • 'This means organisms such as streptococci and staphylococci (even MRSA) can be transferred and cause infections like cellulitis (infection of the tissues below the skin).'
  • One of the most common complications of chickenpox occurs if a blister becomes infected with bacteria such as streptococci, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," that cause destruction of the muscles.
  • Group A streptococci are the pathogenic bacteria responsible for many acute human infections in the respiratory tract and skin including pharyngitis, impetigo, rheumatic fever, and acute glomerulonephritis
  • Techniques used include culture from a wide variety of specimens, special stains, direct antigen detection (Group A streptococci, Cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis), molecular real-time PCR diagnostics, and toxin assays (Clostridium difficile and enterohemorrhagic E. coli).

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